Re: [PATCH] riscv: Correct the MODULES_VADDR

[Song Shuai]

Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2023年8月1日周二 23:20写道：
>
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:05 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Song,
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 1:10 PM Song Shuai <suagrfillet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > As Documentation/riscv/vm-layout.rst describes, the 2G-sized "modules, BPF"
> > > area should lie right before the "kernel" area. But the current definition
> > > of MODULES_VADDR isn't consistent with that, so correct it.
> > >
> > > Before this patch, the size of "modules" from print_vm_layout() is not 2G.
> > >
> > > [    0.000000]      modules : 0xffffffff2ff2f000 - 0xffffffffae600000 (2022 MB)
> > > [    0.000000]       lowmem : 0xff60000000000000 - 0xff60000040000000 (1024 MB)
> > > [    0.000000]       kernel : 0xffffffffae600000 - 0xffffffffffffffff (1305 MB)
> > >
> > > After this patch, the size is 2G.
> > >
> > > [    0.000000]      modules : 0xffffffff3a000000 - 0xffffffffba000000 (2048 MB)
> > > [    0.000000]       lowmem : 0xff60000000000000 - 0xff60000040000000 (1024 MB)
> > > [    0.000000]       kernel : 0xffffffffba000000 - 0xffffffffffffffff (1119 MB)
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Song Shuai <suagrfillet@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > index 75970ee2bda2..7c57e17fc758 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > @@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> > >  /* This is used to define the end of the KASAN shadow region */
> > >  #define MODULES_LOWEST_VADDR   (KERNEL_LINK_ADDR - SZ_2G)
> > > -#define MODULES_VADDR          (PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)&_end) - SZ_2G)
> > >  #define MODULES_END            (PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)&_start))
> > > +#define MODULES_VADDR          (MODULES_END - SZ_2G)
> > >  #endif
> > >
> > >  /*
> > > --
> > > 2.20.1
> > >
> >
> > The documentation is approximative, the modules must stay within a 2GB
> > window to *all* the kernel symbols, hence the __end - 2G, not __start.
> Thus, the ftrace detour trampoline could cover all kernel symbols.
>
That's another view to help me understand the definition of
MODULES_VADDR,Thanks.
> --
> Best Regards
>  Guo Ren



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Thanks,
Song