[coreboot-gerrit] Change in coreboot[master]: [WIP] cpu/x86/mtrr: Always allow holes

Nico Huber (Code Review) gerrit at coreboot.org
Sat Oct 7 16:49:35 CEST 2017


Nico Huber has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/21916


Change subject: [WIP] cpu/x86/mtrr: Always allow holes
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[WIP] cpu/x86/mtrr: Always allow holes

Now that calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole() always chooses the optimal
allocation, there is no need for calc_var_mtrrs_without_hole()
any more. Drop it and all the logic to decide which one to call.

Change-Id: Iedf7dfad61d6baac91973062e2688ad866f05afd
Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.h at gmx.de>
---
M src/cpu/x86/mtrr/mtrr.c
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)



  git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/16/21916/1

diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/mtrr/mtrr.c b/src/cpu/x86/mtrr/mtrr.c
index 82666fc..d8df4d0 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/mtrr/mtrr.c
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/mtrr/mtrr.c
@@ -109,20 +109,8 @@
 #define RANGE_1MB PHYS_TO_RANGE_ADDR(1 << 20)
 #define RANGE_4GB (1 << (ADDR_SHIFT_TO_RANGE_SHIFT(32)))
 
-/*
- * The default MTRR type selection uses 3 approaches for selecting the
- * optimal number of variable MTRRs.  For each range do 3 calculations:
- *   1. UC as default type with no holes at top of range.
- *   2. UC as default using holes at top of range.
- *   3. WB as default.
- * If using holes is optimal for a range when UC is the default type the
- * tag is updated to direct the commit routine to use a hole at the top
- * of a range.
- */
 #define MTRR_ALGO_SHIFT (8)
 #define MTRR_TAG_MASK ((1 << MTRR_ALGO_SHIFT) - 1)
-/* If the default type is UC use the hole carving algorithm for a range. */
-#define MTRR_RANGE_UC_USE_HOLE (1 << MTRR_ALGO_SHIFT)
 
 static inline uint32_t range_entry_base_mtrr_addr(struct range_entry *r)
 {
@@ -608,37 +596,6 @@
 	calc_var_mtrr_range(var_state, b1, b2 - b1, var_state->def_mtrr_type);
 }
 
-static void calc_var_mtrrs_without_hole(struct var_mtrr_state *var_state,
-					struct range_entry *r)
-{
-	const int mtrr_type = range_entry_mtrr_type(r);
-
-	uint32_t base = range_entry_base_mtrr_addr(r);
-	uint32_t end = range_entry_end_mtrr_addr(r);
-
-	/* The end address is within the first 1MiB. The fixed MTRRs take
-	 * precedence over the variable ones. Therefore this range
-	 * can be ignored. */
-	if (end <= RANGE_1MB)
-		return;
-
-	/* Again, the fixed MTRRs take precedence so the beginning
-	 * of the range can be set to 0 if it starts at or below 1MiB. */
-	if (base <= RANGE_1MB)
-		base = 0;
-
-	/* If the range starts above 4GiB the processing is done. */
-	if (!var_state->above4gb && base >= RANGE_4GB)
-		return;
-
-	/* Clip the upper address to 4GiB if addresses above 4GiB
-	 * are not being processed. */
-	if (!var_state->above4gb && end > RANGE_4GB)
-		end = RANGE_4GB;
-
-	calc_var_mtrr_range(var_state, base, end - base, mtrr_type);
-}
-
 static void __calc_var_mtrrs(struct memranges *addr_space,
 			     int above4gb, int address_bits,
 			     int *num_def_wb_mtrrs, int *num_def_uc_mtrrs)
@@ -660,16 +617,14 @@
 	uc_deftype_count = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * For each range do 3 calculations:
-	 *   1. UC as default type with no holes at top of range.
-	 *   2. UC as default using holes at top of range.
-	 *   3. WB as default.
+	 * For each range do 2 calculations:
+	 *   1. UC as default type with possible holes at top of range.
+	 *   2. WB as default.
 	 * The lowest count is then used as default after totaling all
-	 * MTRRs. Note that the optimal algorithm for UC default is marked in
-	 * the tag of each range regardless of final decision.  UC takes
-	 * precedence in the MTRR architecture. Therefore, only holes can be
-	 * used when the type of the region is MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK with
-	 * MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE as the default type.
+	 * MTRRs. UC takes precedence in the MTRR architecture. There-
+	 * fore, only holes can be used when the type of the region is
+	 * MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK with MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE as the default
+	 * type.
 	 */
 	memranges_each_entry(r, var_state.addr_space) {
 		int mtrr_type;
@@ -677,43 +632,16 @@
 		mtrr_type = range_entry_mtrr_type(r);
 
 		if (mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE) {
-			int uc_hole_count;
-			int uc_no_hole_count;
-
-			var_state.def_mtrr_type = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE;
 			var_state.mtrr_index = 0;
-
-			/* No hole calculation. */
-			calc_var_mtrrs_without_hole(&var_state, r);
-			uc_no_hole_count = var_state.mtrr_index;
-
-			/* Hole calculation only if type is WB. The 64 number
-			 * is a count that is unachievable, thus making it
-			 * a default large number in the case of not doing
-			 * the hole calculation. */
-			uc_hole_count = 64;
-			if (mtrr_type == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK) {
-				var_state.mtrr_index = 0;
-				calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole(&var_state, r);
-				uc_hole_count = var_state.mtrr_index;
-			}
-
-			/* Mark the entry with the optimal algorithm. */
-			if (uc_no_hole_count < uc_hole_count) {
-				uc_deftype_count += uc_no_hole_count;
-			} else {
-				unsigned long new_tag;
-
-				new_tag = mtrr_type | MTRR_RANGE_UC_USE_HOLE;
-				range_entry_update_tag(r, new_tag);
-				uc_deftype_count += uc_hole_count;
-			}
+			var_state.def_mtrr_type = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE;
+			calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole(&var_state, r);
+			uc_deftype_count += var_state.mtrr_index;
 		}
 
 		if (mtrr_type != MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK) {
 			var_state.mtrr_index = 0;
 			var_state.def_mtrr_type = MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
-			calc_var_mtrrs_without_hole(&var_state, r);
+			calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole(&var_state, r);
 			wb_deftype_count += var_state.mtrr_index;
 		}
 	}
@@ -770,12 +698,7 @@
 	memranges_each_entry(r, var_state.addr_space) {
 		if (range_entry_mtrr_type(r) == def_type)
 			continue;
-
-		if (def_type == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHEABLE &&
-		    (range_entry_tag(r) & MTRR_RANGE_UC_USE_HOLE))
-			calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole(&var_state, r);
-		else
-			calc_var_mtrrs_without_hole(&var_state, r);
+		calc_var_mtrrs_with_hole(&var_state, r);
 	}
 
 	/* Update the solution. */
@@ -885,9 +808,6 @@
 	orig = get_physical_address_space();
 	memranges_each_entry(r, orig) {
 		unsigned long tag = range_entry_tag(r);
-
-		/* Remove any special tags from original solution. */
-		tag &= ~MTRR_RANGE_UC_USE_HOLE;
 
 		/* Remove any write combining MTRRs from the temporary
 		 * solution as it just fragments the address space. */

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Gerrit-Project: coreboot
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-MessageType: newchange
Gerrit-Change-Id: Iedf7dfad61d6baac91973062e2688ad866f05afd
Gerrit-Change-Number: 21916
Gerrit-PatchSet: 1
Gerrit-Owner: Nico Huber <nico.h at gmx.de>
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