arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h

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System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h
Extension
.h
Size
8749 bytes
Lines
248
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/arm
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.

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#ifndef _ASM_PGTABLE_2LEVEL_H
#define _ASM_PGTABLE_2LEVEL_H

#define __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED 1

/*
 * Hardware-wise, we have a two level page table structure, where the first
 * level has 4096 entries, and the second level has 256 entries.  Each entry
 * is one 32-bit word.  Most of the bits in the second level entry are used
 * by hardware, and there aren't any "accessed" and "dirty" bits.
 *
 * Linux on the other hand has a three level page table structure, which can
 * be wrapped to fit a two level page table structure easily - using the PGD
 * and PTE only.  However, Linux also expects one "PTE" table per page, and
 * at least a "dirty" bit.
 *
 * Therefore, we tweak the implementation slightly - we tell Linux that we
 * have 2048 entries in the first level, each of which is 8 bytes (iow, two
 * hardware pointers to the second level.)  The second level contains two
 * hardware PTE tables arranged contiguously, preceded by Linux versions
 * which contain the state information Linux needs.  We, therefore, end up
 * with 512 entries in the "PTE" level.
 *
 * This leads to the page tables having the following layout:
 *
 *    pgd             pte
 * |        |
 * +--------+
 * |        |       +------------+ +0
 * +- - - - +       | Linux pt 0 |
 * |        |       +------------+ +1024
 * +--------+ +0    | Linux pt 1 |
 * |        |-----> +------------+ +2048
 * +- - - - + +4    |  h/w pt 0  |
 * |        |-----> +------------+ +3072
 * +--------+ +8    |  h/w pt 1  |
 * |        |       +------------+ +4096
 *
 * See L_PTE_xxx below for definitions of bits in the "Linux pt", and
 * PTE_xxx for definitions of bits appearing in the "h/w pt".
 *
 * PMD_xxx definitions refer to bits in the first level page table.
 *
 * The "dirty" bit is emulated by only granting hardware write permission
 * iff the page is marked "writable" and "dirty" in the Linux PTE.  This
 * means that a write to a clean page will cause a permission fault, and
 * the Linux MM layer will mark the page dirty via handle_pte_fault().
 * For the hardware to notice the permission change, the TLB entry must
 * be flushed, and ptep_set_access_flags() does that for us.
 *
 * The "accessed" or "young" bit is emulated by a similar method; we only
 * allow accesses to the page if the "young" bit is set.  Accesses to the
 * page will cause a fault, and handle_pte_fault() will set the young bit
 * for us as long as the page is marked present in the corresponding Linux
 * PTE entry.  Again, ptep_set_access_flags() will ensure that the TLB is
 * up to date.
 *
 * However, when the "young" bit is cleared, we deny access to the page
 * by clearing the hardware PTE.  Currently Linux does not flush the TLB
 * for us in this case, which means the TLB will retain the transation
 * until either the TLB entry is evicted under pressure, or a context
 * switch which changes the user space mapping occurs.
 */
#define PTRS_PER_PTE		512
#define PTRS_PER_PMD		1
#define PTRS_PER_PGD		2048

#define PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS	(PTRS_PER_PTE)
#define PTE_HWTABLE_OFF		(PTE_HWTABLE_PTRS * sizeof(pte_t))
#define PTE_HWTABLE_SIZE	(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(u32))

#define MAX_POSSIBLE_PHYSMEM_BITS	32

/*
 * PMD_SHIFT determines the size of the area a second-level page table can map
 * PGDIR_SHIFT determines what a third-level page table entry can map
 */
#define PMD_SHIFT		21
#define PGDIR_SHIFT		21

#define PMD_SIZE		(1UL << PMD_SHIFT)
#define PMD_MASK		(~(PMD_SIZE-1))
#define PGDIR_SIZE		(1UL << PGDIR_SHIFT)
#define PGDIR_MASK		(~(PGDIR_SIZE-1))

/*
 * section address mask and size definitions.
 */
#define SECTION_SHIFT		20
#define SECTION_SIZE		(1UL << SECTION_SHIFT)

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