Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] init_mm: cleanup ARCH's text/data/brk setup code
From: Kefeng Wang <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-07 08:30:47
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On 2021/6/7 13:48, Christophe Leroy wrote:
Hi Kefeng, Le 07/06/2021 à 02:55, Kefeng Wang a écrit :quoted
On 2021/6/7 5:29, Mike Rapoport wrote:quoted
Hello Kefeng, On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 03:06:18PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:quoted
Add setup_initial_init_mm() helper, then use it to cleanup the text, data and brk setup code. v2: - change argument from "char *" to "void *" setup_initial_init_mm() suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven - use NULL instead of (void *)0 on h8300 and m68k - collect ACKs Cc: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-csky@vger.kernel.org Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org Cc: openrisc@lists.librecores.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Kefeng Wang (15): mm: add setup_initial_init_mm() helper arc: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() arm: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() arm64: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() csky: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() h8300: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() m68k: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() nds32: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() nios2: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() openrisc: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() powerpc: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() riscv: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() s390: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() sh: convert to setup_initial_init_mm() x86: convert to setup_initial_init_mm()I might be missing something, but AFAIU the init_mm.start_code and other fields are not used really early so the new setup_initial_init_mm() function can be called in the generic code outside setup_arch(), e.g in mm_init().Hi Mike, each architecture has their own value, not the same, eg m68K and h8300, also the name of the text/code/brk is different in some arch, so I keep unchanged.What you could do is to define a __weak function that architectures can override and call that function from mm_init() as suggested by Mike, Something like: void __weak setup_initial_init_mm(void) { init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long)_stext; init_mm.end_code = (unsigned long)_etext; init_mm.end_data = (unsigned long)_edata; init_mm.brk = (unsigned long)_end; } Then only the few architecture that are different would override it. I see a few archictectures are usigne PAGE_OFFSET to set .start_code, but it is likely that this is equivalent to _stext.
Yes, the __weak function is option, but the change is only covered 14 archs, there are 7 other archs(alpha hexagon ia64 microblaze mips sparc um xtensa)without related setup code. Also like x86, it has own brk , maybe there are some other different in some arch, so I think let's keep unchanged for now, thanks.
Christophe .