Re: [PATCH 6/7] riscv: drop the use of XIP_OFFSET in create_kernel_page_table()

From: Alexandre Ghiti
Date: Mon May 27 2024 - 08:53:39 EST



On 10/05/2024 08:28, Nam Cao wrote:
XIP_OFFSET is the hard-coded offset of writable data section within the
kernel.

By hard-coding this value, the read-only section of the kernel (which is
placed before the writable data section) is restricted in size.

As a preparation to remove this hard-coded value entirely, stop using
XIP_OFFSET in create_kernel_page_table(). Instead use _sdata and _start to
do the same thing.

Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 9846c6924509..62ff4aa2be96 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ static void __init relocate_kernel(void)
static void __init create_kernel_page_table(pgd_t *pgdir,
__always_unused bool early)
{
- uintptr_t va, end_va;
+ uintptr_t va, start_va, end_va;
/* Map the flash resident part */
end_va = kernel_map.virt_addr + kernel_map.xiprom_sz;
@@ -917,10 +917,11 @@ static void __init create_kernel_page_table(pgd_t *pgdir,
PMD_SIZE, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
/* Map the data in RAM */
+ start_va = kernel_map.virt_addr + (uintptr_t)&_sdata - (uintptr_t)&_start;
end_va = kernel_map.virt_addr + kernel_map.size;
- for (va = kernel_map.virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET; va < end_va; va += PMD_SIZE)
+ for (va = start_va; va < end_va; va += PMD_SIZE)
create_pgd_mapping(pgdir, va,
- kernel_map.phys_addr + (va - (kernel_map.virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET)),
+ kernel_map.phys_addr + (va - start_va),
PMD_SIZE, PAGE_KERNEL);
}
#else


Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Alex