2024-03-25 17:45:20

by Jisheng Zhang

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Subject: [PATCH 1/5] riscv: nommu: remove PAGE_OFFSET hardcoding

Currently, PAGE_OFFSET is hardcoded as 0x8000_0000, it works fine since
there's only one nommu platform in the mainline. However, there are
many cases where the (S)DRAM base address isn't 0x8000_0000, so remove
the hardcoding value, and introduce DRAM_BASE which will be set by
users during configuring. DRAM_BASE is 0x8000_0000 by default.

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <[email protected]>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 7895c77545f1..afd51dbdc253 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -247,10 +247,16 @@ config MMU
Select if you want MMU-based virtualised addressing space
support by paged memory management. If unsure, say 'Y'.

+if !MMU
+config DRAM_BASE
+ hex '(S)DRAM Base Address'
+ default 0x80000000
+endif
+
config PAGE_OFFSET
hex
default 0xC0000000 if 32BIT && MMU
- default 0x80000000 if !MMU
+ default DRAM_BASE if !MMU
default 0xff60000000000000 if 64BIT

config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
--
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2024-03-25 22:46:19

by Bo Gan

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] riscv: nommu: remove PAGE_OFFSET hardcoding

On 3/25/24 9:40 AM, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> Currently, PAGE_OFFSET is hardcoded as 0x8000_0000, it works fine since
> there's only one nommu platform in the mainline. However, there are
> many cases where the (S)DRAM base address isn't 0x8000_0000, so remove
> the hardcoding value, and introduce DRAM_BASE which will be set by
> users during configuring. DRAM_BASE is 0x8000_0000 by default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> index 7895c77545f1..afd51dbdc253 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> @@ -247,10 +247,16 @@ config MMU
> Select if you want MMU-based virtualised addressing space
> support by paged memory management. If unsure, say 'Y'.
>
> +if !MMU
> +config DRAM_BASE
> + hex '(S)DRAM Base Address'
> + default 0x80000000
> +endif
> +
> config PAGE_OFFSET
> hex
> default 0xC0000000 if 32BIT && MMU
> - default 0x80000000 if !MMU
> + default DRAM_BASE if !MMU
> default 0xff60000000000000 if 64BIT
>
> config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
>

Thanks for this patch. I did something similar in my local nommu
linux-6.8 tree in order to run it on the S7 hart of JH7110. I have
another suggestion for you. Perhaps we should also make TASK_SIZE
configurable, and let it default to `0xffffffff if 32BIT && !MMU`
and `DRAM_BASE + DRAM_SIZE if 64BIT && !MMU`. Currently TASK_SIZE
is effectively `0xffffffff if !MMU`, which doesn't work if I run
rv64 linux-nommu with DDR that spans across 4G boundary.

I see there's another patchset that tries to define TASK_SIZE_MAX
for __access_ok(). Looks like that only affects the MMU case, and
NOMMU is not touched. My aforementioned change won't conflict with
it should it get merged.

Bo

2024-03-26 02:05:02

by Jisheng Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] riscv: nommu: remove PAGE_OFFSET hardcoding

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 03:46:01PM -0700, Bo Gan wrote:
> On 3/25/24 9:40 AM, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > Currently, PAGE_OFFSET is hardcoded as 0x8000_0000, it works fine since
> > there's only one nommu platform in the mainline. However, there are
> > many cases where the (S)DRAM base address isn't 0x8000_0000, so remove
> > the hardcoding value, and introduce DRAM_BASE which will be set by
> > users during configuring. DRAM_BASE is 0x8000_0000 by default.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > arch/riscv/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > index 7895c77545f1..afd51dbdc253 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > @@ -247,10 +247,16 @@ config MMU
> > Select if you want MMU-based virtualised addressing space
> > support by paged memory management. If unsure, say 'Y'.
> > +if !MMU
> > +config DRAM_BASE
> > + hex '(S)DRAM Base Address'
> > + default 0x80000000
> > +endif
> > +
> > config PAGE_OFFSET
> > hex
> > default 0xC0000000 if 32BIT && MMU
> > - default 0x80000000 if !MMU
> > + default DRAM_BASE if !MMU
> > default 0xff60000000000000 if 64BIT
> > config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
> >
>
> Thanks for this patch. I did something similar in my local nommu
> linux-6.8 tree in order to run it on the S7 hart of JH7110. I have
> another suggestion for you. Perhaps we should also make TASK_SIZE
> configurable, and let it default to `0xffffffff if 32BIT && !MMU`
> and `DRAM_BASE + DRAM_SIZE if 64BIT && !MMU`. Currently TASK_SIZE
> is effectively `0xffffffff if !MMU`, which doesn't work if I run
> rv64 linux-nommu with DDR that spans across 4G boundary.

I must admit that there's such nommu linux with 4GB DDR case in
theory, but it doesn't exist in real world: who will make such
strange platform ;) But anyway this improvement can be made when
the patchset talking about TASK_SIZE_MAX is settled down.

>
> I see there's another patchset that tries to define TASK_SIZE_MAX
> for __access_ok(). Looks like that only affects the MMU case, and
> NOMMU is not touched. My aforementioned change won't conflict with
> it should it get merged.
>
> Bo

2024-03-26 02:32:53

by Samuel Holland

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] riscv: nommu: remove PAGE_OFFSET hardcoding

On 2024-03-25 8:28 PM, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 03:46:01PM -0700, Bo Gan wrote:
>> On 3/25/24 9:40 AM, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
>>> Currently, PAGE_OFFSET is hardcoded as 0x8000_0000, it works fine since
>>> there's only one nommu platform in the mainline. However, there are
>>> many cases where the (S)DRAM base address isn't 0x8000_0000, so remove
>>> the hardcoding value, and introduce DRAM_BASE which will be set by
>>> users during configuring. DRAM_BASE is 0x8000_0000 by default.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 8 +++++++-
>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>> index 7895c77545f1..afd51dbdc253 100644
>>> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
>>> @@ -247,10 +247,16 @@ config MMU
>>> Select if you want MMU-based virtualised addressing space
>>> support by paged memory management. If unsure, say 'Y'.
>>> +if !MMU
>>> +config DRAM_BASE
>>> + hex '(S)DRAM Base Address'
>>> + default 0x80000000
>>> +endif
>>> +
>>> config PAGE_OFFSET
>>> hex

Another option would be to change this to:

hex "DRAM Base Address" if !MMU

so the prompt is only visible for NOMMU, but we don't need a new symbol.

>>> default 0xC0000000 if 32BIT && MMU
>>> - default 0x80000000 if !MMU
>>> + default DRAM_BASE if !MMU
>>> default 0xff60000000000000 if 64BIT
>>> config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for this patch. I did something similar in my local nommu
>> linux-6.8 tree in order to run it on the S7 hart of JH7110. I have
>> another suggestion for you. Perhaps we should also make TASK_SIZE
>> configurable, and let it default to `0xffffffff if 32BIT && !MMU`
>> and `DRAM_BASE + DRAM_SIZE if 64BIT && !MMU`. Currently TASK_SIZE
>> is effectively `0xffffffff if !MMU`, which doesn't work if I run
>> rv64 linux-nommu with DDR that spans across 4G boundary.
>
> I must admit that there's such nommu linux with 4GB DDR case in
> theory, but it doesn't exist in real world: who will make such
> strange platform ;) But anyway this improvement can be made when
> the patchset talking about TASK_SIZE_MAX is settled down.

This case is quite easy to hit with QEMU :) In fact I sent a patch making this
exact change:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/[email protected]/

It's not really related to TASK_SIZE_MAX. access_ok() is a no-op on NOMMU,
because you can't prevent userspace from poking the kernel anyway.

Regards,
Samuel