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SubjectRe: [PATCH] hpwdt: clean up set_memory_x call for 32 bit
On 01/27/2012 08:49 AM, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
>> So I don't know who is supposed to be handling this (Wim?), but the
>> patch itself looks suspicious.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Maxim Uvarov<maxim.uvarov@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> - set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios32_entrypoint, (2 * PAGE_SIZE));
>>> + set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios32_entrypoint& PAGE_MASK, 2);
>>
>> If it wasn't page-aligned to begin with, then maybe it needs three pages now?
>
> I have been looking at the code again and basically we have for 32 bit the following sequence:
> 1) scan/search from 0x0f0000 through 0x0fffff, inclusive (in steps of 16 bytes) until we find
> the 32-bit BIOS Service Directory with signature == PCI_BIOS32_SD_VALUE (=0x5F32335F ="_32_").
> 2) If we find this area then we first do a checksum check to see if it's a valid area.
> 3) if it's a valid area then we will check this area for a $CRU record.
>
> the code for this is as follows:
> /*
> * According to the spec, we're looking for the
> * first 4KB-aligned address below the entrypoint
> * listed in the header. The Service Directory code
> * is guaranteed to occupy no more than 2 4KB pages.
> */
> map_entry = bios_32_ptr->entry_point& ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> map_offset = bios_32_ptr->entry_point - map_entry;
>
> bios32_map = ioremap(map_entry, (2 * PAGE_SIZE));
>
> if (bios32_map == NULL)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> bios32_entrypoint = bios32_map + map_offset;
>
> cmn_regs.u1.reax = CRU_BIOS_SIGNATURE_VALUE;
>
> set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios32_entrypoint, (2 * PAGE_SIZE));
> asminline_call(&cmn_regs, bios32_entrypoint);
>
> => So if I understand it correctly then map_entry is page aligned. And thus bios32_map is also page aligned.
> Wouldn't it then not make more sense to do a:
> set_memory_x((unsigned long)bios32_map, 2);
>
>>> - set_memory_x((unsigned long)cru_rom_addr, cru_length);
>>> + set_memory_x((unsigned long)cru_rom_addr& PAGE_MASK, cru_length>> PAGE_SHIFT);
>>
>> Same here. If we align the start address down, we should fix up the
>> length. And should we not align the number of pages up?
>>
>> In general, a "start/length" conversion to a "page/nr" model needs to be roughly
>>
>> len += start& ~PAGE_MASK;
>> start&= PAGE_MASK;
>> nr_pages = (len + PAGE_SIZE - 1)>> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>
>> to do things right. But I don't know where those magic numbers come
>> from. Maybe the "2" is already due to the code possibly traversing a
>> page boundary, and has already been fixed up. Somebody who knows the
>> driver and the requirements should take a look at this.
>
> 4) if we then found the $CRU record then we do:
> physical_bios_base = cmn_regs.u2.rebx;
> physical_bios_offset = cmn_regs.u4.redx;
> cru_length = cmn_regs.u3.recx;
> cru_physical_address = physical_bios_base + physical_bios_offset;
>
> /* If the values look OK, then map it in. */
> if (cru_physical_address) {
> cru_rom_addr = ioremap(cru_physical_address, cru_length);
> if (cru_rom_addr) {
> set_memory_x((unsigned long)cru_rom_addr, cru_length);
> retval = 0;
> }
> }
>
> => Which means that cru_physical_address and cru_rom_addr are not page-aligned.
> So if we follow the conversion model that Linus described we get:
> set_memory_x((unsigned long)cru_rom_addr& PAGE_MASK,
> (cru_length + PAGE_SIZE - 1)>> PAGE_SHIFT);
>
> Can you check this?
>
> Kind regards,
> Wim.
>

I got this warning if address was not aligned:

WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c:877
change_page_attr_set_clr+0x21e/0x230()
Hardware name: ProLiant DL580 G7
Pid: 1321, comm: modprobe Not tainted
Call Trace:
[<c043e3be>] ? change_page_attr_set_clr+0x21e/0x230
[<c045bd71>] warn_slowpath_common+0x81/0xa0
[<c043e3be>] ? change_page_attr_set_clr+0x21e/0x230
[<c045bdb2>] warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x30
[<c043e3be>] change_page_attr_set_clr+0x21e/0x230
[<c043ec5f>] set_memory_x+0x5f/0x70
[<f8c515ce>] cru_detect+0x11e/0x130 [hpwdt]
[<f8c51617>] bios32_present+0x37/0x40 [hpwdt]
[<f8c5166e>] detect_cru_service+0x4e/0x70 [hpwdt]
[<f8c5169f>] hpwdt_init_nmi_decoding+0xf/0xf0 [hpwdt]
[<f8c5107d>] ? hpwdt_change_timer+0x2d/0x60 [hpwdt]
[<f8c517f8>] hpwdt_init_one+0x78/0x190 [hpwdt]
[<c06e8c71>] ? pm_runtime_enable+0x51/0x80

Maxim.


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