On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 02:39:35PM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote: > Hi Conor, > > On 1/23/23 12:53, Conor Dooley wrote: > > Hey Alex, > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 11:48:41AM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote: > > > Add 2 early command line parameters that allow to downgrade satp mode > > > (using the same naming as x86): > > > - "no5lvl": use a 4-level page table (down from sv57 to sv48) > > > - "no4lvl": use a 3-level page table (down from sv57/sv48 to sv39) > > > > > > Note that going through the device tree to get the kernel command line > > > works with ACPI too since the efi stub creates a device tree anyway with > > > the command line. > > > > > > Also, as those params are treated very early in the boot process and we > > > use standard device tree functions that may be kasan instrumented, we > > > only enable them for !KASAN configurations. > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > A changelog would be nice here, especially since this is a resend. > > > I think you may have commented the wrong patch, this one is wrong, hence the > resend! Oh, sorry about that Alex! For some reason the resend never landed in my mailbox (I had just seen that there were two on patchwork). > > > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 ++- > > > arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 72 +++++++++++++++++-- > > > 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > > index 6cfa6e3996cf..fd647412ec91 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt > > > @@ -3578,8 +3578,15 @@ > > > emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor > > > is present. > > > - no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces > > > + no4lvl [RISCV] Disable 4-level and 5-level paging modes. Forces > > > + kernel to use 3-level paging instead. > > > + Note: On RISC-V, this can't be used when KASAN is > > > + enabled. > > > + > > > + no5lvl [X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces > > > kernel to use 4-level paging instead. > > > + Note: On RISC-V, this can't be used when KASAN is > > > + enabled. > > > nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions. > > For the improved descriptions & commit message: > > Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Thanks for that, would you mind adding that to the resend patch? Yah, no problem.
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