Hi Mike,
On 3/16/23 21:12, Mike Rapoport wrote:
Hi Alexandre,
On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 02:17:09PM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
This function allows to split a region in memblock.memory and will be
useful when setting up the linear mapping with STRICT_KERNEL_RWX: it
allows to isolate the kernel text/rodata and then avoid to map those
regions with a PUD/P4D/PGD.
Sorry I've missed it last time. The changelog is fine in the context of
No worries :)
this series, but if you look at it as a part of memblock changelog it
doesn't provide enough background on why memblock_isolate_memory() is
useful.
Can you please add more context so it would be self explanatory?
What about: "memblock.memory contains the list of memory regions and a
memory region can cover memory that will be mapped with different
permissions. So to ease the mapping process, allow to isolate those
regions by introducing a new function called memblock_isolate_memory.
This will be used in arch specific code to isolate the kernel
text/rodata regions when STRICT_KERNEL_RWX is enabled so that we avoid
mapping them with PUD/P4D/PGD mappings."
Thanks,
Alex
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memblock.h | 1 +
mm/memblock.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/memblock.h b/include/linux/memblock.h
index 50ad19662a32..2f7ef97c0da7 100644
--- a/include/linux/memblock.h
+++ b/include/linux/memblock.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ int memblock_clear_hotplug(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_mark_mirror(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_mark_nomap(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
int memblock_clear_nomap(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
+int memblock_isolate_memory(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size);
void memblock_free_all(void);
void memblock_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
index 25fd0626a9e7..e8c651a37012 100644
--- a/mm/memblock.c
+++ b/mm/memblock.c
@@ -805,6 +805,26 @@ static int __init_memblock memblock_isolate_range(struct memblock_type *type,
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * memblock_isolate_memory - isolate given range in memblock.memory
+ * @base: base of range to isolate
+ * @size: size of range to isolate
+ *
+ * Isolates the given range in memblock.memory so that it does not share any
+ * region with other ranges.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * 0 on success, -errno on failure.
+ */
+
+int __init_memblock memblock_isolate_memory(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
+{
+ int start_rgn, end_rgn;
+
+ return memblock_isolate_range(&memblock.memory, base, size,
+ &start_rgn, &end_rgn);
+}
+
static int __init_memblock memblock_remove_range(struct memblock_type *type,
phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
{
--
2.37.2
