Re: [RFC PATCH] arm64: remove CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA feature

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On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 04:12:58PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> When CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA is enabled, kernel segments mapped with
> different permissions (r-x for .text, r-- for .rodata, rw- for .data,
> etc) are rounded up to 2 MiB so they can be mapped more efficiently.
> In particular, it permits the segments to be mapped using level 2
> block entries when using 4k pages, which is expected to result in less
> TLB pressure.
> 
> However, the mappings for the bulk of the kernel will use level 2
> entries anyway, and the misaligned fringes are organized such that they
> can take advantage of the contiguous bit, and use far fewer level 3
> entries than would be needed otherwise.
> 
> This makes the value of this feature dubious at best, and since it is not
> enabled in defconfig or in the distro configs, it does not appear to be
> in wide use either. So let's just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Happy to take this patch via the arm64 tree for 5.7 (no new
functionality), unless you want it to go with your other relocation
login in the EFI stub patches.

-- 
Catalin



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