From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v7 05/15] arm64: mm: Preserve non-contiguous descriptors when mapping DRAM
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 17:01:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529150150.1670604-22-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529150150.1670604-17-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Instead of blindly overwriting existing live entries regardless of the
value of their contiguous bit when mapping DRAM regions at
contiguous-hint granularity, check whether the contiguous region in
question contains any valid descriptors that have the contiguous bit
cleared, and in that case, leave the contiguous bit unset on the entire
region. This permits the logic of mapping the kernel's linear alias to
be simplified in a subsequent patch.
Note that this can only result in a misprogrammed contiguous bit (as per
ARM ARM RNGLXZ) if the region in question already contains a mix of
valid contiguous and valid non-contiguous descriptors, in which case it
was already misprogrammed to begin with.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 ++++
arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 4dfa42b7d053..a1c5894332d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ static inline pteval_t __phys_to_pte_val(phys_addr_t phys)
* Returns true if the pte is valid and has the contiguous bit set.
*/
#define pte_valid_cont(pte) (pte_valid(pte) && pte_cont(pte))
+/*
+ * Returns true if the pte is valid and has the contiguous bit cleared.
+ */
+#define pte_valid_noncont(pte) (pte_valid(pte) && !pte_cont(pte))
/*
* Could the pte be present in the TLB? We must check mm_tlb_flush_pending
* so that we don't erroneously return false for pages that have been
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
index 5c827fa3cd38..6b42d724bd1b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ static void init_pte(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
} while (ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
}
+static bool pte_range_has_valid_noncont(pte_t *ptep)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PTES; i++)
+ if (pte_valid_noncont(__ptep_get(&ptep[i])))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
static int alloc_init_cont_pte(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys,
pgprot_t prot,
@@ -224,7 +232,8 @@ static int alloc_init_cont_pte(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr,
/* use a contiguous mapping if the range is suitably aligned */
if ((((addr | next | phys) & ~CONT_PTE_MASK) == 0) &&
- (flags & NO_CONT_MAPPINGS) == 0)
+ (flags & NO_CONT_MAPPINGS) == 0 &&
+ !pte_range_has_valid_noncont(ptep))
__prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
init_pte(ptep, addr, next, phys, __prot);
@@ -283,6 +292,14 @@ static int init_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return 0;
}
+static bool pmd_range_has_valid_noncont(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < CONT_PMDS; i++)
+ if (pte_valid_noncont(pmd_pte(READ_ONCE(pmdp[i]))))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
static int alloc_init_cont_pmd(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long end, phys_addr_t phys,
pgprot_t prot,
@@ -324,7 +341,8 @@ static int alloc_init_cont_pmd(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr,
/* use a contiguous mapping if the range is suitably aligned */
if ((((addr | next | phys) & ~CONT_PMD_MASK) == 0) &&
- (flags & NO_CONT_MAPPINGS) == 0)
+ (flags & NO_CONT_MAPPINGS) == 0 &&
+ !pmd_range_has_valid_noncont(pmdp))
__prot = __pgprot(pgprot_val(prot) | PTE_CONT);
ret = init_pmd(pmdp, addr, next, phys, __prot, pgtable_alloc, flags);
--
2.54.0.823.g6e5bcc1fc9-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 15:01 [PATCH v7 00/15] arm64: Unmap linear alias of kernel data/bss Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 01/15] arm64: mm: Remove bogus stop condition from map_mem() loop Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 02/15] arm64: mm: Drop redundant pgd_t* argument from map_mem() Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 03/15] arm64: mm: Check for pud_/pmd_set_huge() failures on kernel mappings Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 04/15] arm64: mm: Preserve existing table mappings when mapping DRAM Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 06/15] arm64: mm: Permit contiguous descriptors to be manipulated Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 07/15] arm64: kfence: Avoid NOMAP tricks when mapping the early pool Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:01 ` [PATCH v7 08/15] arm64: mm: Permit contiguous attribute for preliminary mappings Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 09/15] arm64: Move fixmap and kasan page tables to end of kernel image Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 10/15] arm64: mm: Don't abuse memblock NOMAP to check for overlaps Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 11/15] powerpc/code-patching: Avoid r/w mapping of the zero page Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 12/15] sh: Drop cache flush of the zero page at boot Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 13/15] mm: Make empty_zero_page[] const Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 14/15] arm64: mm: Map the kernel data/bss read-only in the linear map Ard Biesheuvel
2026-05-29 15:02 ` [PATCH v7 15/15] arm64: mm: Unmap kernel data/bss entirely from " Ard Biesheuvel
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