[PATCH v5] riscv: hwprobe: export highest virtual userspace address

From: Clément Léger
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 10:52:45 EST


Some userspace applications (OpenJDK for instance) uses the free MSBs
in pointers to insert additional information for their own logic and
need to get this information from somewhere. Currently they rely on
parsing /proc/cpuinfo "mmu=svxx" string to obtain the current value of
virtual address usable bits [1]. Since this reflect the raw supported
MMU mode, it might differ from the logical one used internally which is
why arch_get_mmap_end() is used. Exporting the highest mmapable address
through hwprobe will allow a more stable interface to be used. For that
purpose, add a new hwprobe key named
RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS which will export the highest
userspace virtual address.

Link: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_riscv/vm_version_linux_riscv.cpp#L171 [1]
Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <cleger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
Testing:

This new hwprobe key can be tested using qemu and a simple hwprobe dump tool:
https://github.com/clementleger/hwprobe_dump/tree/dev/cleger/highest_virt

v5:
- Rebased on master to fix merge conflicts
- Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240313084554.31925-1-cleger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

v4:
- Added Charlie Reviewed-by
- Replace a tab instead of a space
- Resend with actual V4 tag in front of message which was missing
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240301164407.475957-1-cleger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

v3:
- Note: I did not added Stefan Reviewed-by since I did more
modifications than just a simple respin.
- Handle CONFIG_MMU=n as well and rename the key to
RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS
- Add a user_max_virt_addr() macro to handle !MMU config
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240220110950.871307-1-cleger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/

v2:
- Note: tried sysconf to export it but this is not backed by syscall
and thus does not allow exporting such information easily.
- Use arch_get_mmap_end() instead of VA_BITS since it reflects the
maximum logical address used by the riscv port
- Change hwprobe key name from RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VA_BITS to
RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MAX_ADDRESS
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240201140319.360088-1-cleger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
---
Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 3 +++
arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h | 2 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h | 6 ++++++
arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h | 1 +
arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c | 4 ++++
5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
index b2bcc9eed9aa..875d3122bd66 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
@@ -210,3 +210,6 @@ The following keys are defined:

* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
represents the size of the Zicboz block in bytes.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS`: An unsigned long which
+ represent the highest userspace virtual address usable.
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
index 630507dff5ea..150a9877b0af 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

#include <uapi/asm/hwprobe.h>

-#define RISCV_HWPROBE_MAX_KEY 6
+#define RISCV_HWPROBE_MAX_KEY 7

static inline bool riscv_hwprobe_key_is_valid(__s64 key)
{
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
index 0faf5f161f1e..345d9a3e4b25 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@

#define STACK_TOP DEFAULT_MAP_WINDOW

+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+#define user_max_virt_addr() arch_get_mmap_end(ULONG_MAX, 0, 0)
+#else
+#define user_max_virt_addr() 0
+#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
+
/*
* This decides where the kernel will search for a free chunk of vm
* space during mmap's.
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
index 9f2a8e3ff204..3630e3f30354 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct riscv_hwprobe {
#define RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED (4 << 0)
#define RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_MASK (7 << 0)
#define RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE 6
+#define RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS 7
/* Increase RISCV_HWPROBE_MAX_KEY when adding items. */

/* Flags */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
index 8cae41a502dd..eddc0ffc47b4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/hwprobe.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/sbi.h>
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -215,6 +216,9 @@ static void hwprobe_one_pair(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
if (hwprobe_ext0_has(cpus, RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOZ))
pair->value = riscv_cboz_block_size;
break;
+ case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS:
+ pair->value = user_max_virt_addr();
+ break;

/*
* For forward compatibility, unknown keys don't fail the whole
--
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