From a91d74a3c4de8115295ee87350c13a329164aaaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rusty Russell Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:03:45 -0600 Subject: lguest: update commentry Every so often, after code shuffles, I need to go through and unbitrot the Lguest Journey (see drivers/lguest/README). Since we now use RCU in a simple form in one place I took the opportunity to expand that explanation. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul McKenney --- drivers/lguest/page_tables.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/lguest/page_tables.c') diff --git a/drivers/lguest/page_tables.c b/drivers/lguest/page_tables.c index 3da902e..a8d0aee 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/page_tables.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/page_tables.c @@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ /*H:300 * The Page Table Code * - * We use two-level page tables for the Guest. If you're not entirely - * comfortable with virtual addresses, physical addresses and page tables then - * I recommend you review arch/x86/lguest/boot.c's "Page Table Handling" (with - * diagrams!). + * We use two-level page tables for the Guest, or three-level with PAE. If + * you're not entirely comfortable with virtual addresses, physical addresses + * and page tables then I recommend you review arch/x86/lguest/boot.c's "Page + * Table Handling" (with diagrams!). * * The Guest keeps page tables, but we maintain the actual ones here: these are * called "shadow" page tables. Which is a very Guest-centric name: these are @@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ :*/ /* - * 1024 entries in a page table page maps 1024 pages: 4MB. The Switcher is - * conveniently placed at the top 4MB, so it uses a separate, complete PTE - * page. + * The Switcher uses the complete top PTE page. That's 1024 PTE entries (4MB) + * or 512 PTE entries with PAE (2MB). */ #define SWITCHER_PGD_INDEX (PTRS_PER_PGD - 1) @@ -81,7 +80,8 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(pte_t *, switcher_pte_pages); /*H:320 * The page table code is curly enough to need helper functions to keep it - * clear and clean. + * clear and clean. The kernel itself provides many of them; one advantage + * of insisting that the Guest and Host use the same CONFIG_PAE setting. * * There are two functions which return pointers to the shadow (aka "real") * page tables. @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static pte_t *spte_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, pgd_t spgd, unsigned long vaddr) } /* - * These two functions just like the above two, except they access the Guest + * These functions are just like the above two, except they access the Guest * page tables. Hence they return a Guest address. */ static unsigned long gpgd_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long vaddr) @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ static unsigned long gpgd_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long vaddr) } #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE +/* Follow the PGD to the PMD. */ static unsigned long gpmd_addr(pgd_t gpgd, unsigned long vaddr) { unsigned long gpage = pgd_pfn(gpgd) << PAGE_SHIFT; @@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ static unsigned long gpmd_addr(pgd_t gpgd, unsigned long vaddr) return gpage + pmd_index(vaddr) * sizeof(pmd_t); } +/* Follow the PMD to the PTE. */ static unsigned long gpte_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, pmd_t gpmd, unsigned long vaddr) { @@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ static unsigned long gpte_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, return gpage + pte_index(vaddr) * sizeof(pte_t); } #else +/* Follow the PGD to the PTE (no mid-level for !PAE). */ static unsigned long gpte_addr(struct lg_cpu *cpu, pgd_t gpgd, unsigned long vaddr) { @@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ bool demand_page(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long vaddr, int errcode) pte_t gpte; pte_t *spte; + /* Mid level for PAE. */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE pmd_t *spmd; pmd_t gpmd; @@ -391,6 +395,8 @@ bool demand_page(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long vaddr, int errcode) */ gpte_ptr = gpte_addr(cpu, gpgd, vaddr); #endif + + /* Read the actual PTE value. */ gpte = lgread(cpu, gpte_ptr, pte_t); /* If this page isn't in the Guest page tables, we can't page it in. */ @@ -507,6 +513,7 @@ void pin_page(struct lg_cpu *cpu, unsigned long vaddr) if (!page_writable(cpu, vaddr) && !demand_page(cpu, vaddr, 2)) kill_guest(cpu, "bad stack page %#lx", vaddr); } +/*:*/ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE static void release_pmd(pmd_t *spmd) @@ -543,7 +550,11 @@ static void release_pgd(pgd_t *spgd) } #else /* !CONFIG_X86_PAE */ -/*H:450 If we chase down the release_pgd() code, it looks like this: */ +/*H:450 + * If we chase down the release_pgd() code, the non-PAE version looks like + * this. The PAE version is almost identical, but instead of calling + * release_pte it calls release_pmd(), which looks much like this. + */ static void release_pgd(pgd_t *spgd) { /* If the entry's not present, there's nothing to release. */ @@ -898,17 +909,21 @@ void guest_set_pgd(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long gpgdir, u32 idx) /* ... throw it away. */ release_pgd(lg->pgdirs[pgdir].pgdir + idx); } + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE +/* For setting a mid-level, we just throw everything away. It's easy. */ void guest_set_pmd(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long pmdp, u32 idx) { guest_pagetable_clear_all(&lg->cpus[0]); } #endif -/* - * Once we know how much memory we have we can construct simple identity (which +/*H:505 + * To get through boot, we construct simple identity page mappings (which * set virtual == physical) and linear mappings which will get the Guest far - * enough into the boot to create its own. + * enough into the boot to create its own. The linear mapping means we + * simplify the Guest boot, but it makes assumptions about their PAGE_OFFSET, + * as you'll see. * * We lay them out of the way, just below the initrd (which is why we need to * know its size here). @@ -944,6 +959,10 @@ static unsigned long setup_pagetables(struct lguest *lg, linear = (void *)pgdir - linear_pages * PAGE_SIZE; #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE + /* + * And the single mid page goes below that. We only use one, but + * that's enough to map 1G, which definitely gets us through boot. + */ pmds = (void *)linear - PAGE_SIZE; #endif /* @@ -957,13 +976,14 @@ static unsigned long setup_pagetables(struct lguest *lg, return -EFAULT; } +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE /* - * The top level points to the linear page table pages above. - * We setup the identity and linear mappings here. + * Make the Guest PMD entries point to the corresponding place in the + * linear mapping (up to one page worth of PMD). */ -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE for (i = j = 0; i < mapped_pages && j < PTRS_PER_PMD; i += PTRS_PER_PTE, j++) { + /* FIXME: native_set_pmd is overkill here. */ native_set_pmd(&pmd, __pmd(((unsigned long)(linear + i) - mem_base) | _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER)); @@ -971,18 +991,36 @@ static unsigned long setup_pagetables(struct lguest *lg, return -EFAULT; } + /* One PGD entry, pointing to that PMD page. */ set_pgd(&pgd, __pgd(((u32)pmds - mem_base) | _PAGE_PRESENT)); + /* Copy it in as the first PGD entry (ie. addresses 0-1G). */ if (copy_to_user(&pgdir[0], &pgd, sizeof(pgd)) != 0) return -EFAULT; + /* + * And the third PGD entry (ie. addresses 3G-4G). + * + * FIXME: This assumes that PAGE_OFFSET for the Guest is 0xC0000000. + */ if (copy_to_user(&pgdir[3], &pgd, sizeof(pgd)) != 0) return -EFAULT; #else + /* + * The top level points to the linear page table pages above. + * We setup the identity and linear mappings here. + */ phys_linear = (unsigned long)linear - mem_base; for (i = 0; i < mapped_pages; i += PTRS_PER_PTE) { pgd_t pgd; + /* + * Create a PGD entry which points to the right part of the + * linear PTE pages. + */ pgd = __pgd((phys_linear + i * sizeof(pte_t)) | (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER)); + /* + * Copy it into the PGD page at 0 and PAGE_OFFSET. + */ if (copy_to_user(&pgdir[i / PTRS_PER_PTE], &pgd, sizeof(pgd)) || copy_to_user(&pgdir[pgd_index(PAGE_OFFSET) + i / PTRS_PER_PTE], @@ -992,8 +1030,8 @@ static unsigned long setup_pagetables(struct lguest *lg, #endif /* - * We return the top level (guest-physical) address: remember where - * this is. + * We return the top level (guest-physical) address: we remember where + * this is to write it into lguest_data when the Guest initializes. */ return (unsigned long)pgdir - mem_base; } @@ -1031,7 +1069,9 @@ int init_guest_pagetable(struct lguest *lg) lg->pgdirs[0].pgdir = (pgd_t *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); if (!lg->pgdirs[0].pgdir) return -ENOMEM; + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE + /* For PAE, we also create the initial mid-level. */ pgd = lg->pgdirs[0].pgdir; pmd_table = (pmd_t *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); if (!pmd_table) @@ -1040,11 +1080,13 @@ int init_guest_pagetable(struct lguest *lg) set_pgd(pgd + SWITCHER_PGD_INDEX, __pgd(__pa(pmd_table) | _PAGE_PRESENT)); #endif + + /* This is the current page table. */ lg->cpus[0].cpu_pgd = 0; return 0; } -/* When the Guest calls LHCALL_LGUEST_INIT we do more setup. */ +/*H:508 When the Guest calls LHCALL_LGUEST_INIT we do more setup. */ void page_table_guest_data_init(struct lg_cpu *cpu) { /* We get the kernel address: above this is all kernel memory. */ @@ -1105,12 +1147,16 @@ void map_switcher_in_guest(struct lg_cpu *cpu, struct lguest_pages *pages) pmd_t switcher_pmd; pmd_t *pmd_table; + /* FIXME: native_set_pmd is overkill here. */ native_set_pmd(&switcher_pmd, pfn_pmd(__pa(switcher_pte_page) >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC)); + /* Figure out where the pmd page is, by reading the PGD, and converting + * it to a virtual address. */ pmd_table = __va(pgd_pfn(cpu->lg-> pgdirs[cpu->cpu_pgd].pgdir[SWITCHER_PGD_INDEX]) << PAGE_SHIFT); + /* Now write it into the shadow page table. */ native_set_pmd(&pmd_table[SWITCHER_PMD_INDEX], switcher_pmd); #else pgd_t switcher_pgd; -- cgit v1.1