Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: reserved-memory: rmtfs: Allow guard pages

[Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@linaro.org>]

On 9/21/23 04:37, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On some Qualcomm platforms the firwmare, or hardware, does not
> gracefully handle memory protection of the rmtfs memory region when
> placed adjacent to other protected region. Some DeviceTree authors have
> worked around this issue by explicitly reserving the space around the
> region, but this prevents such author to use rely on the OS to place the
> region, through the use of "size" (instead of a fixed location).
> 
> Introduce a flag to indicate that guard pages need be carved at the
> beginning and end of the memory region. The user shall account for the
> two 4k blocks in the defined size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@quicinc.com>
> ---
>   .../devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/qcom,rmtfs-mem.yaml   | 11 +++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/qcom,rmtfs-mem.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/qcom,rmtfs-mem.yaml
> index bab982f00485..2d7be508c5a0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/qcom,rmtfs-mem.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/qcom,rmtfs-mem.yaml
> @@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ properties:
>       description: >
>         identifier of the client to use this region for buffers
>   
> +  qcom,use-guard-pages:
> +    type: boolean
> +    description: >
> +      Indicates that the firmware, or hardware, does not gracefully handle
> +      memory protection of this region when placed adjacent to other protected
> +      memory regions, and that padding around the used portion of the memory
> +      region is necessary.
> +
> +      When this is set, the first and last 4kB should be left unused, and the
> +      effective size of the region will thereby shrink with 8kB.
kiB

Konrad