From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 13/23] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range()
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:10:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <59372636-64f2-45ed-82e1-3ad374efda7b@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-13-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de>
Hi,
On 1/8/26 4:50 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Add PBL-specific memory remapping function that always uses page-wise
> mapping (ARCH_MAP_FLAG_PAGEWISE) for fine-grained permissions on
> adjacent ELF segments with different protection requirements.
This commit message doesn't reflect reality any longer.
> Wraps arch-specific __arch_remap_range() for ARMv7 (4KB pages) and
> ARMv8 (page tables with BBM). Needed for ELF segment permission setup.
I think it should be possible to drop this commit completely and use
remap_range from <mmu.h> directly in PBL.
Thanks,
Ahmad
>
> Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c | 6 ++++++
> arch/arm/cpu/mmu_64.c | 7 +++++++
> include/mmu.h | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
> index 71ead41c3d274548c9427c1ce9833de309114c4d..981202b789befbd04e212f48490aebb41dfb6b98 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_32.c
> @@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ static void early_remap_range(u32 addr, size_t size, maptype_t map_type)
> __arch_remap_range((void *)addr, addr, size, map_type);
> }
>
> +void pbl_remap_range(void *virt_addr, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size,
> + maptype_t map_type)
> +{
> + __arch_remap_range(virt_addr, phys_addr, size, map_type);
> +}
> +
> static bool pte_is_cacheable(uint32_t pte, int level)
> {
> return (level == 2 && (pte & PTE_CACHEABLE)) ||
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_64.c b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_64.c
> index ddf1373ec0a801baad043146187d7f4c3eac6a2a..5ea0d39ad4c7fb219b38cf957335615d0d6e96c5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_64.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/mmu_64.c
> @@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ static void early_remap_range(uint64_t addr, size_t size, maptype_t map_type)
> __arch_remap_range(addr, addr, size, map_type, false);
> }
>
> +void pbl_remap_range(void *virt_addr, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size,
> + maptype_t map_type)
> +{
> + __arch_remap_range((uint64_t)virt_addr, phys_addr,
> + (uint64_t)size, map_type, true);
> +}
> +
> int arch_remap_range(void *virt_addr, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size, maptype_t map_type)
> {
> map_type = arm_mmu_maybe_skip_permissions(map_type);
> diff --git a/include/mmu.h b/include/mmu.h
> index 9f582f25e1de14d47cfe2eff64f9cce81c4e492d..32d9a7aca3b9a61d542bf3e21e27f1ac51f43ee2 100644
> --- a/include/mmu.h
> +++ b/include/mmu.h
> @@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static inline bool arch_can_remap(void)
> }
> #endif
>
> +void pbl_remap_range(void *virt_addr, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size,
> + maptype_t map_type);
> +
> static inline int remap_range(void *start, size_t size, maptype_t map_type)
> {
> return arch_remap_range(start, virt_to_phys(start), size, map_type);
>
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 15:49 [PATCH v3 00/23] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 01/23] Makefile.compiler: add objcopy-option Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 16:25 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 02/23] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 03/23] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 04/23] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 05/23] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 06/23] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 07/23] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 08/23] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:04 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 09/23] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:06 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 10/23] Makefile: add vmbarebox build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:08 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 11/23] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 12/23] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 13/23] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:10 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 14/23] ARM: drop arm_fixup_vectors() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:16 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 15/23] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:20 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 16/23] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:25 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 17/23] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:38 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 18/23] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:40 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 19/23] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 20/23] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 21/23] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:43 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 22/23] ARM: cleanup barebox proper entry Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:21 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 23/23] riscv: " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-12 13:44 ` Ahmad Fatoum
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