[PATCH v5 08/16] x86/startup_64: Defer assignment of 5-level paging global variables

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Wed Feb 21 2024 - 06:38:26 EST


From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

Assigning the 5-level paging related global variables from the earliest
C code using explicit references that use the 1:1 translation of memory
is unnecessary, as the startup code itself does not rely on them to
create the initial page tables, and this is all it should be doing. So
defer these assignments to the primary C entry code that executes via
the ordinary kernel virtual mapping.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 44 +++++++-------------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
index 38b54b992f32..9053dfe9fa03 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ typedef unsigned long pgprotval_t;
typedef struct { pteval_t pte; } pte_t;
typedef struct { pmdval_t pmd; } pmd_t;

-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
extern unsigned int __pgtable_l5_enabled;

+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
#ifdef USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5
/*
* cpu_feature_enabled() is not available in early boot code.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 72351c3121a6..deaaea3280d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/pgtable.h>

#include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <asm/page_64.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/proto.h>
#include <asm/smp.h>
@@ -77,24 +78,11 @@ static struct desc_struct startup_gdt[GDT_ENTRIES] __initdata = {
[GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_DS] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(DESC_DATA64, 0, 0xfffff),
};

-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-static void __head *fixup_pointer(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
-{
- return ptr - (void *)_text + (void *)physaddr;
-}
-
-static unsigned long __head *fixup_long(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
+static inline bool check_la57_support(void)
{
- return fixup_pointer(ptr, physaddr);
-}
-
-static unsigned int __head *fixup_int(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
-{
- return fixup_pointer(ptr, physaddr);
-}
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL))
+ return false;

-static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
-{
/*
* 5-level paging is detected and enabled at kernel decompression
* stage. Only check if it has been enabled there.
@@ -102,21 +90,8 @@ static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
if (!(native_read_cr4() & X86_CR4_LA57))
return false;

- *fixup_int(&__pgtable_l5_enabled, physaddr) = 1;
- *fixup_int(&pgdir_shift, physaddr) = 48;
- *fixup_int(&ptrs_per_p4d, physaddr) = 512;
- *fixup_long(&page_offset_base, physaddr) = __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L5;
- *fixup_long(&vmalloc_base, physaddr) = __VMALLOC_BASE_L5;
- *fixup_long(&vmemmap_base, physaddr) = __VMEMMAP_BASE_L5;
-
return true;
}
-#else
-static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
-{
- return false;
-}
-#endif

static unsigned long __head sme_postprocess_startup(struct boot_params *bp, pmdval_t *pmd)
{
@@ -180,7 +155,7 @@ unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long physaddr,
bool la57;
int i;

- la57 = check_la57_support(physaddr);
+ la57 = check_la57_support();

/* Is the address too large? */
if (physaddr >> MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS)
@@ -465,6 +440,15 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __noreturn x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode
(__START_KERNEL & PGDIR_MASK)));
BUILD_BUG_ON(__fix_to_virt(__end_of_fixed_addresses) <= MODULES_END);

+ if (check_la57_support()) {
+ __pgtable_l5_enabled = 1;
+ pgdir_shift = 48;
+ ptrs_per_p4d = 512;
+ page_offset_base = __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE_L5;
+ vmalloc_base = __VMALLOC_BASE_L5;
+ vmemmap_base = __VMEMMAP_BASE_L5;
+ }
+
cr4_init_shadow();

/* Kill off the identity-map trampoline */
--
2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog