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From: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
To: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, thuth@redhat.com, andrew.jones@linux.dev,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 12/19] arm/arm64: assembler.h: Replace size with end address for dcache_by_line_op
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 14:01:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <af820fb3-cbf3-b4f6-5642-ebb5eb4f5b1d@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220809091558.14379-13-alexandru.elisei@arm.com>

On 09/08/2022 10:15, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> Commit b5f659be4775 ("arm/arm64: Remove dcache_line_size global
> variable") moved the dcache_by_line_op macro to assembler.h and changed
> it to take the size of the regions instead of the end address as
> parameter. This was done to keep the file in sync with the upstream
> Linux kernel implementation at the time.
> 
> But in both places where the macro is used, the code has the start and
> end address of the region, and it has to compute the size to pass it to
> dcache_by_line_op. Then the macro itsef computes the end by adding size
> to start.
> 
> Get rid of this massaging of parameters and change the macro to the end
> address as parameter directly.
> 
> Besides slightly simplyfing the code by remove two unneeded arithmetic
> operations, this makes the macro compatible with the current upstream
> version of Linux (which was similarly changed to take the end address in
> commit 163d3f80695e ("arm64: dcache_by_line_op to take end parameter
> instead of size")), which will allow us to reuse (part of) the Linux C
> wrappers over the assembly macro.
> 
> The change has been tested with the same snippet of code used to test
> commit 410b3bf09e76 ("arm/arm64: Perform dcache clean + invalidate after
> turning MMU off").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>

Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>

Thanks,

Nikos

> ---
>   arm/cstart.S              |  1 -
>   arm/cstart64.S            |  1 -
>   lib/arm/asm/assembler.h   | 11 +++++------
>   lib/arm64/asm/assembler.h | 11 +++++------
>   4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arm/cstart.S b/arm/cstart.S
> index 39e70f40986a..096a77c454f4 100644
> --- a/arm/cstart.S
> +++ b/arm/cstart.S
> @@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ asm_mmu_disable:
>   	ldr	r0, [r0]
>   	ldr	r1, =__phys_end
>   	ldr	r1, [r1]
> -	sub	r1, r1, r0
>   	dcache_by_line_op dccimvac, sy, r0, r1, r2, r3
>   
>   	mov     pc, lr
> diff --git a/arm/cstart64.S b/arm/cstart64.S
> index 54773676d1d5..7cc90a9fa13f 100644
> --- a/arm/cstart64.S
> +++ b/arm/cstart64.S
> @@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ asm_mmu_disable:
>   	ldr	x0, [x0, :lo12:__phys_offset]
>   	adrp	x1, __phys_end
>   	ldr	x1, [x1, :lo12:__phys_end]
> -	sub	x1, x1, x0
>   	dcache_by_line_op civac, sy, x0, x1, x2, x3
>   
>   	ret
> diff --git a/lib/arm/asm/assembler.h b/lib/arm/asm/assembler.h
> index 4200252dd14d..db5f0f55027c 100644
> --- a/lib/arm/asm/assembler.h
> +++ b/lib/arm/asm/assembler.h
> @@ -25,17 +25,16 @@
>   
>   /*
>    * Macro to perform a data cache maintenance for the interval
> - * [addr, addr + size).
> + * [addr, end).
>    *
>    * 	op:		operation to execute
>    * 	domain		domain used in the dsb instruction
>    * 	addr:		starting virtual address of the region
> - * 	size:		size of the region
> - * 	Corrupts:	addr, size, tmp1, tmp2
> + * 	end:		the end of the region (non-inclusive)
> + * 	Corrupts:	addr, tmp1, tmp2
>    */
> -	.macro dcache_by_line_op op, domain, addr, size, tmp1, tmp2
> +	.macro dcache_by_line_op op, domain, addr, end, tmp1, tmp2
>   	dcache_line_size \tmp1, \tmp2
> -	add	\size, \addr, \size
>   	sub	\tmp2, \tmp1, #1
>   	bic	\addr, \addr, \tmp2
>   9998:
> @@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
>   	.err
>   	.endif
>   	add	\addr, \addr, \tmp1
> -	cmp	\addr, \size
> +	cmp	\addr, \end
>   	blo	9998b
>   	dsb	\domain
>   	.endm
> diff --git a/lib/arm64/asm/assembler.h b/lib/arm64/asm/assembler.h
> index aa8c65a2bb4a..1e09d65af4a7 100644
> --- a/lib/arm64/asm/assembler.h
> +++ b/lib/arm64/asm/assembler.h
> @@ -28,25 +28,24 @@
>   
>   /*
>    * Macro to perform a data cache maintenance for the interval
> - * [addr, addr + size). Use the raw value for the dcache line size because
> + * [addr, end). Use the raw value for the dcache line size because
>    * kvm-unit-tests has no concept of scheduling.
>    *
>    * 	op:		operation passed to dc instruction
>    * 	domain:		domain used in dsb instruction
>    * 	addr:		starting virtual address of the region
> - * 	size:		size of the region
> - * 	Corrupts:	addr, size, tmp1, tmp2
> + * 	end:		the end of the region (non-inclusive)
> + * 	Corrupts:	addr, tmp1, tmp2
>    */
>   
> -	.macro dcache_by_line_op op, domain, addr, size, tmp1, tmp2
> +	.macro dcache_by_line_op op, domain, addr, end, tmp1, tmp2
>   	raw_dcache_line_size \tmp1, \tmp2
> -	add	\size, \addr, \size
>   	sub	\tmp2, \tmp1, #1
>   	bic	\addr, \addr, \tmp2
>   9998:
>   	dc	\op, \addr
>   	add	\addr, \addr, \tmp1
> -	cmp	\addr, \size
> +	cmp	\addr, \end
>   	b.lo	9998b
>   	dsb	\domain
>   	.endm

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-09 13:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-09  9:15 [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 00/19] arm/arm64: Rework cache maintenance at boot Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 01/19] Makefile: Define __ASSEMBLY__ for assembly files Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 12:36   ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-09-20  8:11   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 02/19] lib/alloc_phys: Initialize align_min Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  8:20   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 03/19] lib/alloc_phys: Use phys_alloc_aligned_safe and rename it to memalign_early Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  8:27   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 04/19] powerpc: Use the page allocator Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 05/19] lib/alloc_phys: Remove locking Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  8:45   ` Andrew Jones
2022-09-20 13:20     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20 14:59       ` Andrew Jones
2022-09-26 15:04         ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 06/19] lib/alloc_phys: Remove allocation accounting Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  8:40   ` Andrew Jones
2022-09-20 13:19     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 07/19] arm/arm64: Mark the phys_end parameter as unused in setup_mmu() Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  8:58   ` Andrew Jones
2022-09-26 11:01     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 08/19] arm/arm64: Use pgd_alloc() to allocate mmu_idmap Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  9:05   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 09/19] arm/arm64: Zero secondary CPUs' stack Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 12:56   ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-08-10  9:42     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-10 10:00       ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-09-20  9:24   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 10/19] arm/arm64: Enable the MMU early Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 11/19] arm/arm64: Map the UART when creating the translation tables Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 12/19] arm/arm64: assembler.h: Replace size with end address for dcache_by_line_op Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 13:01   ` Nikos Nikoleris [this message]
2022-09-20  9:37   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 13/19] arm: page.h: Add missing libcflat.h include Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  9:39   ` Andrew Jones
2022-09-26 11:02     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 14/19] arm/arm64: Add C functions for doing cache maintenance Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 15/19] lib/alloc_phys: Add callback to perform " Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 16/19] arm/arm64: Allocate secondaries' stack using the page allocator Alexandru Elisei
2022-09-20  9:58   ` Andrew Jones
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 17/19] arm/arm64: Configure secondaries' stack before enabling the MMU Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 18/19] arm/arm64: Perform dcache maintenance at boot Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:15 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 19/19] arm/arm64: Rework the cache maintenance in asm_mmu_disable Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 13:53   ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-08-09 14:22     ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 15:53       ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-08-09 16:53         ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09 19:48           ` Nikos Nikoleris
2022-08-10  8:52             ` Alexandru Elisei
2022-08-09  9:49 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 00/19] arm/arm64: Rework cache maintenance at boot Alexandru Elisei
2023-11-05 10:16 ` Alexandru Elisei
2023-11-06  9:37   ` Shaoqin Huang
2023-11-07  9:01     ` Alexandru Elisei

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