On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 11:31:26AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 14.04.21 22:29, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 05:58:26PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > > On 08.04.21 07:14, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 4/7/21 10:56 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > > From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > The intended semantics of pfn_valid() is to verify whether there is a
> > > > > struct page for the pfn in question and nothing else.
> > > >
> > > > Should there be a comment affirming this semantics interpretation, above the
> > > > generic pfn_valid() in include/linux/mmzone.h ?
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yet, on arm64 it is used to distinguish memory areas that are mapped in the
> > > > > linear map vs those that require ioremap() to access them.
> > > > >
> > > > > Introduce a dedicated pfn_is_memory() to perform such check and use it
> > > > > where appropriate.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h | 2 +-
> > > > > arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h | 1 +
> > > > > arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 2 +-
> > > > > arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 6 ++++++
> > > > > arch/arm64/mm/ioremap.c | 4 ++--
> > > > > arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 +-
> > > > > 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
> > > > > index 0aabc3be9a75..7e77fdf71b9d 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h
> > > > > @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ static inline void *phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t x)
> > > > > #define virt_addr_valid(addr) ({ \
> > > > > __typeof__(addr) __addr = __tag_reset(addr); \
> > > > > - __is_lm_address(__addr) && pfn_valid(virt_to_pfn(__addr)); \
> > > > > + __is_lm_address(__addr) && pfn_is_memory(virt_to_pfn(__addr)); \
> > > > > })
> > > > > void dump_mem_limit(void);
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h
> > > > > index 012cffc574e8..32b485bcc6ff 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h
> > > > > @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void copy_highpage(struct page *to, struct page *from);
> > > > > typedef struct page *pgtable_t;
> > > > > extern int pfn_valid(unsigned long);
> > > > > +extern int pfn_is_memory(unsigned long);
> > > > > #include <asm/memory.h>
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > > > > index 8711894db8c2..ad2ea65a3937 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
> > > > > @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(struct kvm *kvm)
> > > > > static bool kvm_is_device_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
> > > > > {
> > > > > - return !pfn_valid(pfn);
> > > > > + return !pfn_is_memory(pfn);
> > > > > }
> > > > > /*
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > > index 3685e12aba9b..258b1905ed4a 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
> > > > > @@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ int pfn_valid(unsigned long pfn)
> > > > > }
> > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_valid);
> > > > > +int pfn_is_memory(unsigned long pfn)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + return memblock_is_map_memory(PFN_PHYS(pfn));
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_is_memory);> +
> > > >
> > > > Should not this be generic though ? There is nothing platform or arm64
> > > > specific in here. Wondering as pfn_is_memory() just indicates that the
> > > > pfn is linear mapped, should not it be renamed as pfn_is_linear_memory()
> > > > instead ? Regardless, it's fine either way.
> > >
> > > TBH, I dislike (generic) pfn_is_memory(). It feels like we're mixing
> > > concepts.
> >
> > Yeah, at the moment NOMAP is very much arm specific so I'd keep it this way
> > for now.
> >
> > > NOMAP memory vs !NOMAP memory; even NOMAP is some kind of memory
> > > after all. pfn_is_map_memory() would be more expressive, although still
> > > sub-optimal.
> > >
> > > We'd actually want some kind of arm64-specific pfn_is_system_memory() or the
> > > inverse pfn_is_device_memory() -- to be improved.
> >
> > In my current version (to be posted soon) I've started with
> > pfn_lineary_mapped() but then ended up with pfn_mapped() to make it
> > "upward" compatible with architectures that use direct rather than linear
> > map :)
>
> And even that is moot. It doesn't tell you if a PFN is *actually* mapped
> (hello secretmem).
>
> I'd suggest to just use memblock_is_map_memory() in arch specific code. Then
> it's clear what we are querying exactly and what the semantics might be.
Ok, let's export memblock_is_map_memory() for the KEEP_MEMBLOCK case.
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
