[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen: arm: rework placement of fdt in initial dom0 memory map
On 09/17/2013 04:28 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > The 32-bit Linux kernel uses its lowmem direct mapping to access the FDT. The > lowmem mapping is around 0.75GiB but varies depending on the kernel's .config. > Our current scheme of loading the FDT as high as 4GB therefore fails with > larger amounts of dom0 RAM. > > The upstream documentation has recently been update to provide more guidance > <http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=7824/1>. In > accordance with this load the kernel just below 128MiB (aligned to 2MB) and > the FDT just above, or if there is less RAM available then as high as > possible. > > Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v3: Improve checking on final location of dtb, to make sure it is in guest RAM > Use new_size for dtbsize where possible > Remove pointless subtractions of start when it is always zero > v2: Use the kernels own reported size rather than the size of the module. This > is consistent with the amount we will actually copy (zimage.len) > v1: This is technically v2 of "xen: arm: load FDT below 0.5G" > --- > xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- > xen/arch/arm/kernel.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c > index 77e2a61..34d3320 100644 > --- a/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c > +++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain_build.c > @@ -503,19 +503,27 @@ static int prepare_dtb(struct domain *d, struct > kernel_info *kinfo) > if ( ret < 0 ) > goto err; > > + /* Actual new size */ > + new_size = fdt_totalsize(kinfo->fdt); > + > /* > - * DTB must be load below 4GiB and far enough from linux (Linux uses > - * the space after it to decompress) > - * Load the DTB at the end of the first bank, while ensuring it is > - * also below 4G > + * DTB must be loaded such that it does not conflict with the > + * kernel decompressor. For 32-bit Linux Documentation/arm/Booting > + * recommends just after the 128MB boundary while for 64-bit Linux > + * the recommendation in Documentation/arm64/booting.txt is below > + * 512MB. Place at 128MB, (or, if we have less RAM, as high as > + * possible) in order to satisfy both. > */ > end = kinfo->mem.bank[0].start + kinfo->mem.bank[0].size; > - end = MIN(1ull << 32, end); > - kinfo->dtb_paddr = end - fdt_totalsize(kinfo->fdt); > + end = MIN(kinfo->mem.bank[0].start + (128<<20) + new_size, end); > + > + kinfo->dtb_paddr = end - new_size; > + > /* Align the address to 2Mb. Linux only requires 4 byte alignment */ > kinfo->dtb_paddr &= ~((2 << 20) - 1); > > - if ( fdt_totalsize(kinfo->fdt) > end ) > + if ( kinfo->dtb_paddr < kinfo->mem.bank[0].start || > + kinfo->mem.bank[0].start + new_size > end ) > { > printk(XENLOG_ERR "Not enough memory in the first bank for " > "the device tree."); > @@ -523,7 +531,6 @@ static int prepare_dtb(struct domain *d, struct > kernel_info *kinfo) > goto err; > } > > - > return 0; > > err: > diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c > index f12f895..7a91d60 100644 > --- a/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c > +++ b/xen/arch/arm/kernel.c > @@ -211,11 +211,32 @@ static int kernel_try_zimage32_prepare(struct > kernel_info *info, > info->zimage.kernel_addr = addr; > > /* > - * If start is zero, the zImage is position independent -- load it > - * at 32k from start of RAM. > + * If start is zero, the zImage is position independent, in this > + * case Documentation/arm/Booting recommends loading below 128MiB > + * and above 32MiB. Load it as high as possible within these > + * constraints, while also avoiding the DTB. > */ > if (start == 0) > - info->zimage.load_addr = info->mem.bank[0].start + 0x8000; > + { > + paddr_t load_end; > + > + load_end = info->mem.bank[0].start + info->mem.bank[0].size; > + load_end = MIN(info->mem.bank[0].start + (128<<20), load_end); > + > + /* > + * FDT is loaded above 128M or as high as possible, so the > + * only way we can clash is if we have <=128MB, in which case > + * FDT will be right at the end and so dtb_paddr will be below > + * the proposed kernel load address. Move the kernel down if > + * necessary. > + */ > + if ( load_end >= info->dtb_paddr ) > + load_end = info->dtb_paddr; > + > + info->zimage.load_addr = load_end - end; > + /* Align to 2MB */ > + info->zimage.load_addr &= ~((2 << 20) - 1); > + } > else > info->zimage.load_addr = start; > info->zimage.len = end - start; > -- Julien Grall _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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