From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F67CC76191 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35E092173E for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:05:11 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 35E092173E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ellerman.id.au Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45qG9c6sGYzDq6J for ; Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:05:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from ozlabs.org (bilbo.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45qFzs45CNzDqY7 for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:56:41 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=ellerman.id.au Received: by ozlabs.org (Postfix, from userid 1034) id 45qFzq6mgpz9sDQ; Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:56:39 +1000 (AEST) X-powerpc-patch-notification: thanks X-powerpc-patch-commit: da0ef93310e67ae6902efded60b6724dab27a5d1 In-Reply-To: <20190710052018.14628-1-sjitindarsingh@gmail.com> To: Suraj Jitindar Singh , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org From: Michael Ellerman Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: mm: Limit rma_size to 1TB when running without HV mode Message-Id: <45qFzq6mgpz9sDQ@ozlabs.org> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:56:39 +1000 (AEST) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, sjitindarsingh@gmail.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Wed, 2019-07-10 at 05:20:18 UTC, Suraj Jitindar Singh wrote: > The virtual real mode addressing (VRMA) mechanism is used when a > partition is using HPT (Hash Page Table) translation and performs > real mode accesses (MSR[IR|DR] = 0) in non-hypervisor mode. In this > mode effective address bits 0:23 are treated as zero (i.e. the access > is aliased to 0) and the access is performed using an implicit 1TB SLB > entry. > > The size of the RMA (Real Memory Area) is communicated to the guest as > the size of the first memory region in the device tree. And because of > the mechanism described above can be expected to not exceed 1TB. In the > event that the host erroneously represents the RMA as being larger than > 1TB, guest accesses in real mode to memory addresses above 1TB will be > aliased down to below 1TB. This means that a memory access performed in > real mode may differ to one performed in virtual mode for the same memory > address, which would likely have unintended consequences. > > To avoid this outcome have the guest explicitly limit the size of the > RMA to the current maximum, which is 1TB. This means that even if the > first memory block is larger than 1TB, only the first 1TB should be > accessed in real mode. > > Signed-off-by: Suraj Jitindar Singh > Tested-by: Satheesh Rajendran > Reviewed-by: David Gibson Applied to powerpc fixes, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/da0ef93310e67ae6902efded60b6724dab27a5d1 cheers