On 2022/8/28 8:55, Baoquan He wrote: > Problem: > ======= > On arm64, block and section mapping is supported to build page tables. > However, currently it enforces to take base page mapping for the whole > linear mapping if CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 is enabled and > crashkernel kernel parameter is set. This will cause longer time of the > linear mapping process during bootup and severe performance degradation > during running time. > > Root cause: > ========== > On arm64, crashkernel reservation relies on knowing the upper limit of > low memory zone because it needs to reserve memory in the zone so that > devices' DMA addressing in kdump kernel can be satisfied. However, the > limit on arm64 is variant. And the upper limit can only be decided late > till bootmem_init() is called. > > And we need to map the crashkernel region with base page granularity when > doing linear mapping, because kdump needs to protect the crashkernel region > via set_memory_valid(,0) after kdump kernel loading. However, arm64 doesn't > support well on splitting the built block or section mapping due to some > cpu reststriction [1]. And unfortunately, the linear mapping is done before > bootmem_init(). > > To resolve the above conflict on arm64, the compromise is enforcing to > take base page mapping for the entire linear mapping if crashkernel is > set, and CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 is enabed. Hence > performance is sacrificed. > > Solution: > ========= > To fix the problem, we should always take 4G as the crashkernel low > memory end in case CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 is enabled. > With this, we don't need to defer the crashkernel reservation till > bootmem_init() is called to set the arm64_dma_phys_limit. As long as > memblock init is done, we can conclude what is the upper limit of low > memory zone. > > 1) both CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 are disabled or memblock_start_of_DRAM() > 4G > limit = PHYS_ADDR_MAX+1 (Corner cases) > 2) CONFIG_ZONE_DMA or CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 are enabled: > limit = 4G (generic case) If Raspberry Pi 4 doesn't need to be considered: Reviewed-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@xxxxxxxxxx> In fact, I also think, for the sake of a niche scene, sacrificing the mass scene, the cart is put before the horse. > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/YrIIJkhKWSuAqkCx@xxxxxxx/T/#u > > Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 24 ++++++++++++++---------- > arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- > 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > index b9af30be813e..8ae55afdd11c 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c > @@ -90,10 +90,22 @@ phys_addr_t __ro_after_init arm64_dma_phys_limit; > phys_addr_t __ro_after_init arm64_dma_phys_limit = PHYS_MASK + 1; > #endif > > +static phys_addr_t __init crash_addr_low_max(void) > +{ > + phys_addr_t low_mem_mask = U32_MAX; > + phys_addr_t phys_start = memblock_start_of_DRAM(); > + > + if ((!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32)) || > + (phys_start > U32_MAX)) > + low_mem_mask = PHYS_ADDR_MAX; > + > + return min(low_mem_mask, memblock_end_of_DRAM() - 1) + 1; > +} > + > /* Current arm64 boot protocol requires 2MB alignment */ > #define CRASH_ALIGN SZ_2M > > -#define CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX arm64_dma_phys_limit > +#define CRASH_ADDR_LOW_MAX crash_addr_low_max() > #define CRASH_ADDR_HIGH_MAX (PHYS_MASK + 1) > > static int __init reserve_crashkernel_low(unsigned long long low_size) > @@ -389,8 +401,7 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void) > > early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem(); > > - if (!defer_reserve_crashkernel()) > - reserve_crashkernel(); > + reserve_crashkernel(); > > high_memory = __va(memblock_end_of_DRAM() - 1) + 1; > } > @@ -434,13 +445,6 @@ void __init bootmem_init(void) > */ > dma_contiguous_reserve(arm64_dma_phys_limit); > > - /* > - * request_standard_resources() depends on crashkernel's memory being > - * reserved, so do it here. > - */ > - if (defer_reserve_crashkernel()) > - reserve_crashkernel(); > - > memblock_dump_all(); > } > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > index e7ad44585f40..cdd338fa2115 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c > @@ -547,13 +547,12 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp) > memblock_mark_nomap(kernel_start, kernel_end - kernel_start); > > #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE > - if (crash_mem_map) { > - if (defer_reserve_crashkernel()) > - flags |= NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS; > - else if (crashk_res.end) > - memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_res.start, > - resource_size(&crashk_res)); > - } > + if (crashk_res.end) > + memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_res.start, > + resource_size(&crashk_res)); > + if (crashk_low_res.end) > + memblock_mark_nomap(crashk_low_res.start, > + resource_size(&crashk_low_res)); > #endif > > /* map all the memory banks */ > @@ -589,16 +588,23 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp) > * through /sys/kernel/kexec_crash_size interface. > */ > #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE > - if (crash_mem_map && !defer_reserve_crashkernel()) { > - if (crashk_res.end) { > - __map_memblock(pgdp, crashk_res.start, > - crashk_res.end + 1, > - PAGE_KERNEL, > - NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS); > - memblock_clear_nomap(crashk_res.start, > - resource_size(&crashk_res)); > - } > + if (crashk_res.end) { > + __map_memblock(pgdp, crashk_res.start, > + crashk_res.end + 1, > + PAGE_KERNEL, > + NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS); > + memblock_clear_nomap(crashk_res.start, > + resource_size(&crashk_res)); > } > + if (crashk_low_res.end) { > + __map_memblock(pgdp, crashk_low_res.start, > + crashk_low_res.end + 1, > + PAGE_KERNEL, > + NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS); > + memblock_clear_nomap(crashk_low_res.start, > + resource_size(&crashk_low_res)); > + } > + > #endif > } > > -- Regards, Zhen Lei
