Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] soc: qcom: rmtfs: Support discarding guard pages

From: Caleb Connolly
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 20:09:32 EST




On 31/05/2023 01:08, Caleb Connolly wrote:
>
>
> On 31/05/2023 00:36, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
>> In some configurations, the exact placement of the rmtfs shared memory
>> region isn't so strict. The DeviceTree author can then choose to use the
>> "size" property and rely on the OS for placement (in combination with
>> "alloc-ranges", if desired).
>>
>> But on some platforms the rmtfs memory region may not be allocated
>> adjacent to regions allocated by other clients. Add support for
>> discarding the first and last 4k block in the region, if
>> qcom,use-guard-pages is specified in DeviceTree.
>
> Oh nice!
... Bit eager on the enter key there
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb.connolly@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes since v1:
>> - Drop the dma_alloc_coherent() based approach and just add support for
>> the guard pages.
>>
>> drivers/soc/qcom/rmtfs_mem.c | 10 ++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rmtfs_mem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/rmtfs_mem.c
>> index f83811f51175..28238974d913 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rmtfs_mem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rmtfs_mem.c
>> @@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ static int qcom_rmtfs_mem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> goto put_device;
>> }
>>
>> + /*
>> + * If requested, discard the first and last 4k block in order to ensure
>> + * that the rmtfs region isn't adjacent to other protected regions.
>> + */
>> + if (of_property_present(node, "qcom,use-guard-pages")) {
>> + rmtfs_mem->addr += SZ_4K;
>> + rmtfs_mem->base += SZ_4K;
>> + rmtfs_mem->size -= 2 * SZ_4K;
>> + }
>> +
>> cdev_init(&rmtfs_mem->cdev, &qcom_rmtfs_mem_fops);
>> rmtfs_mem->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
>>
>

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