Re: [PATCH -V3 03/11] arch/powerpc: Convert virtual address to vpn
From: Paul Mackerras <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-22 23:42:03
On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 06:43:33PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <redacted> This patch convert different functions to take virtual page number instead of virtual address. Virtual page number is virtual address shifted right by VPN_SHIFT (12) bits. This enable us to have an address range of upto 76 bits.
Some comments inline below...
+/* + * encode page number shift. + * Inorder to fit the 78 bit va in a 64 bit variable we shift the va by
^ "in order"
+ * 12 bits. This enable us to address upto 76 bit va.
^ "up to"
+ * For hpt hash from a va we can ignore the page size bits of va and for + * hpte encoding we ignore upto 23 bits of va. So ignoring lower 12 bits ensure + * we work in all cases including 4k page size. + */ +#define VPN_SHIFT 12
This can't be more than 12 bits because we sometimes use 4k pages even in a kernel configured for 64k pages (e.g. with the subpage_protection system call).
+static inline unsigned long hpte_encode_avpn(unsigned long vpn, int psize,
+ int ssize)
+{
+ unsigned long v;
+ /*
+ * The AVA field omits the low-order 23 bits of the 78 bits VA.
+ * These bits are not needed in the PTE, because the
+ * low-order b of these bits are part of the byte offset
+ * into the virtual page and, if b < 23, the high-order
+ * 23-b of these bits are always used in selecting the
+ * PTEGs to be searched
+ */
+ BUG_ON(VPN_SHIFT > 23);I don't think we need this. If VPN_SHIFT was computed by some complex expression whose value is not obvious, then BUG_ON (or BUILD_BUG_ON) would be appropriate, but since it's just a #define, a comment at the site of the definition will suffice.
static inline unsigned long hpt_hash(unsigned long va, unsigned int shift,
int ssize)
{
+ int mask;
unsigned long hash, vsid;
+ BUG_ON(shift < VPN_SHIFT);So VPN_SHIFT can be at most 12, since 12 is the smallest shift value possible here.
-static inline void __tlbiel(unsigned long va, int psize, int ssize)
+static inline void __tlbiel(unsigned long vpn, int psize, int ssize)
{
+ unsigned long va;
unsigned int penc;
+ BUG_ON((77 - 65) > VPN_SHIFT);
+ va = vpn << VPN_SHIFT;So VPN_SHIFT has to be at least 12. What is the significance of 77 and 65 here? Paul.