arch/arm/mm/mmu.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
Extension
.c
Size
51231 bytes
Lines
1803
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/arm
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration 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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struct cachepolicy {
	const char	policy[16];
	unsigned int	cr_mask;
	pmdval_t	pmd;
	pteval_t	pte;
};

static struct cachepolicy cache_policies[] __initdata = {
	{
		.policy		= "uncached",
		.cr_mask	= CR_W|CR_C,
		.pmd		= PMD_SECT_UNCACHED,
		.pte		= L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED,
	}, {
		.policy		= "buffered",
		.cr_mask	= CR_C,
		.pmd		= PMD_SECT_BUFFERED,
		.pte		= L_PTE_MT_BUFFERABLE,
	}, {
		.policy		= "writethrough",
		.cr_mask	= 0,
		.pmd		= PMD_SECT_WT,
		.pte		= L_PTE_MT_WRITETHROUGH,
	}, {
		.policy		= "writeback",
		.cr_mask	= 0,
		.pmd		= PMD_SECT_WB,
		.pte		= L_PTE_MT_WRITEBACK,
	}, {
		.policy		= "writealloc",
		.cr_mask	= 0,
		.pmd		= PMD_SECT_WBWA,
		.pte		= L_PTE_MT_WRITEALLOC,
	}
};

#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CP15
static unsigned long initial_pmd_value __initdata = 0;

/*
 * Initialise the cache_policy variable with the initial state specified
 * via the "pmd" value.  This is used to ensure that on ARMv6 and later,
 * the C code sets the page tables up with the same policy as the head
 * assembly code, which avoids an illegal state where the TLBs can get
 * confused.  See comments in early_cachepolicy() for more information.
 */
void __init init_default_cache_policy(unsigned long pmd)
{
	int i;

	initial_pmd_value = pmd;

	pmd &= PMD_SECT_CACHE_MASK;

	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cache_policies); i++)
		if (cache_policies[i].pmd == pmd) {
			cachepolicy = i;
			break;
		}

	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(cache_policies))
		pr_err("ERROR: could not find cache policy\n");
}

/*
 * These are useful for identifying cache coherency problems by allowing
 * the cache or the cache and writebuffer to be turned off.  (Note: the
 * write buffer should not be on and the cache off).
 */
static int __init early_cachepolicy(char *p)
{
	int i, selected = -1;

	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cache_policies); i++) {
		int len = strlen(cache_policies[i].policy);

		if (memcmp(p, cache_policies[i].policy, len) == 0) {
			selected = i;
			break;
		}
	}

	if (selected == -1)
		pr_err("ERROR: unknown or unsupported cache policy\n");

	/*
	 * This restriction is partly to do with the way we boot; it is
	 * unpredictable to have memory mapped using two different sets of
	 * memory attributes (shared, type, and cache attribs).  We can not
	 * change these attributes once the initial assembly has setup the

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