On 1/10/23 23:42, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> The page table debug tests need a physical address to validate
> low-level page table manipulation with. The memory at this address
> is not actually touched, it just encoded in the page table entries
> at various levels during the tests only.
>
> Since the memory is not used, the code just picks the physical
> address of the start_kernel symbol. This value is then truncated
> to get a properly aligned address that is to be used for various
> tests. Because of the truncation, the address might not actually
> exist, or might not describe a complete huge page. That's not a
> problem for most tests, but the arch-specific code may check
> for attribute validity and consistency. The x86 version of
> {pud,pmd}_set_huge actually validates the MTRRs for the PMD/PUD
> range. This may fail with an address derived from start_kernel,
> depending on where the kernel was loaded and what the physical
> memory layout of the system is. This then leads to false negatives
> for the {pud,pmd}_set_huge tests.
>
> Avoid this by finding a properly aligned memory range that exists
> and is usable. If such a range is not found, skip the tests that
> needed it.
>
> Fixes: 399145f9eb6c ("mm/debug: add tests validating architecture page table helpers")
> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> index c631ade3f1d2..bb3328f46126 100644
> --- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> +++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/kconfig.h>
> +#include <linux/memblock.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/mman.h>
> #include <linux/mm_types.h>
> @@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct pgtable_debug_args {
> unsigned long pmd_pfn;
> unsigned long pte_pfn;
>
> + unsigned long fixed_alignment;
> unsigned long fixed_pgd_pfn;
> unsigned long fixed_p4d_pfn;
> unsigned long fixed_pud_pfn;
> @@ -430,7 +432,8 @@ static void __init pmd_huge_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> {
> pmd_t pmd;
>
> - if (!arch_vmap_pmd_supported(args->page_prot))
> + if (!arch_vmap_pmd_supported(args->page_prot) ||
> + args->fixed_alignment < PMD_SIZE)
> return;
>
> pr_debug("Validating PMD huge\n");
> @@ -449,7 +452,8 @@ static void __init pud_huge_tests(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> {
> pud_t pud;
>
> - if (!arch_vmap_pud_supported(args->page_prot))
> + if (!arch_vmap_pud_supported(args->page_prot) ||
> + args->fixed_alignment < PUD_SIZE)
> return;
>
> pr_debug("Validating PUD huge\n");
> @@ -1077,10 +1081,85 @@ debug_vm_pgtable_alloc_huge_page(struct pgtable_debug_args *args, int order)
> return page;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Check if a physical memory range described by <pstart, pend> contains
> + * an area that is of size psize, and aligned to psize.
> + *
> + * Don't use address 0, an all-zeroes physical address might mask bugs, and
> + * it's not used on x86.
> + */
> +static void __init phys_align_check(phys_addr_t pstart,
> + phys_addr_t pend, unsigned long psize,
> + phys_addr_t *physp, unsigned long *alignp)
> +{
> + phys_addr_t aligned_start, aligned_end;
> +
> + if (pstart == 0)
> + pstart = PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> + aligned_start = ALIGN(pstart, psize);
> + aligned_end = aligned_start + psize;
> +
> + if (aligned_end > aligned_start && aligned_end <= pend) {
> + *alignp = psize;
> + *physp = aligned_start;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static void __init init_fixed_pfns(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> +{
> + u64 idx;
> + phys_addr_t phys, pstart, pend;
> +
> + /*
> + * Initialize the fixed pfns. To do this, try to find a
> + * valid physical range, preferably aligned to PUD_SIZE,
> + * but settling for aligned to PMD_SIZE as a fallback. If
> + * neither of those is found, use the physical address of
> + * the start_kernel symbol.
> + *
> + * The memory doesn't need to be allocated, it just needs to exist
> + * as usable memory. It won't be touched.
> + *
> + * The alignment is recorded, and can be checked to see if we
> + * can run the tests that require an actual valid physical
> + * address range on some architectures ({pmd,pud}_huge_test
> + * on x86).
> + */
> +
> + phys = __pa_symbol(&start_kernel);
> + args->fixed_alignment = PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> + for_each_mem_range(idx, &pstart, &pend) {
> + /* First check for a PUD-aligned area */
> + phys_align_check(pstart, pend, PUD_SIZE, &phys,
> + &args->fixed_alignment);
> +
> + /* If a PUD-aligned area is found, we're done */
> + if (args->fixed_alignment == PUD_SIZE)
> + break;
> +
> + /*
> + * If no PMD-aligned area found yet, check for one,
> + * but continue the loop to look for a PUD-aligned area.
> + */
> + if (args->fixed_alignment < PMD_SIZE)
> + phys_align_check(pstart, pend, PMD_SIZE, &phys,
> + &args->fixed_alignment);
> + }
> +
> + args->fixed_pgd_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PGDIR_MASK);
> + args->fixed_p4d_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & P4D_MASK);
> + args->fixed_pud_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PUD_MASK);
> + args->fixed_pmd_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PMD_MASK);
> + args->fixed_pte_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PAGE_MASK);
> + WARN_ON(!pfn_valid(args->fixed_pte_pfn));
> +}
> +
> +
> static int __init init_args(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> {
> struct page *page = NULL;
> - phys_addr_t phys;
> int ret = 0;
>
> /*
> @@ -1160,22 +1239,7 @@ static int __init init_args(struct pgtable_debug_args *args)
> args->start_ptep = pmd_pgtable(READ_ONCE(*args->pmdp));
> WARN_ON(!args->start_ptep);
>
> - /*
> - * PFN for mapping at PTE level is determined from a standard kernel
> - * text symbol. But pfns for higher page table levels are derived by
> - * masking lower bits of this real pfn. These derived pfns might not
> - * exist on the platform but that does not really matter as pfn_pxx()
> - * helpers will still create appropriate entries for the test. This
> - * helps avoid large memory block allocations to be used for mapping
> - * at higher page table levels in some of the tests.
> - */
> - phys = __pa_symbol(&start_kernel);
> - args->fixed_pgd_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PGDIR_MASK);
> - args->fixed_p4d_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & P4D_MASK);
> - args->fixed_pud_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PUD_MASK);
> - args->fixed_pmd_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PMD_MASK);
> - args->fixed_pte_pfn = __phys_to_pfn(phys & PAGE_MASK);
> - WARN_ON(!pfn_valid(args->fixed_pte_pfn));
> + init_fixed_pfns(args);
>
> /*
> * Allocate (huge) pages because some of the tests need to access
