In ResetVector, if create page table, its highest address is fixed because after page table, code layout is fixed(4K for normal code, and another 4K only contains reset vector code). Today's implementation organizes the page table as following if 1G page table is used: 4G-16K: PML4 page (PML4[0] points to 4G-12K) 4G-12K: PDP page CR3 is set to 4G-16K When 2M page table is used, the layout is as following: 4G-32K: PML4 page (PML4[0] points to 4G-28K) 4G-28K: PDP page (PDP entries point to PD pages) 4G-24K: PD page mapping 0-1G 4G-20K: PD page mapping 1-2G 4G-16K: PD page mapping 2-3G 4G-12K: PD page mapping 3-4G CR3 is set to 4G-32K CR3 doesn't point to a fixed location which is a bit hard to debug at runtime.
The new page table layout will always put PML4 in highest address When 1G page table is used, the layout is as following: 4G-16K: PDP page 4G-12K: PML4 page (PML4[0] points to 4G-16K) When 2M page table is used, the layout is as following: 4G-32K: PD page mapping 0-1G 4G-28K: PD page mapping 1-2G 4G-24K: PD page mapping 2-3G 4G-20K: PD page mapping 3-4G 4G-16K: PDP page (PDP entries point to PD pages) 4G-12K: PML4 page (PML4[0] points to 4G-16K) CR3 is always set to 4G-12K So, this patch can improve biodegradability by make sure the init CR3 pointing to a fixed address(4G-12K). Cc: Eric Dong <eric.d...@intel.com> Cc: Ray Ni <ray...@intel.com> Cc: Rahul Kumar <rahul1.ku...@intel.com> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> Cc: Debkumar De <debkumar...@intel.com> Cc: Catharine West <catharine.w...@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhiguang Liu <zhiguang....@intel.com> --- .../ResetVector/Vtf0/X64/PageTables.asm | 32 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/UefiCpuPkg/ResetVector/Vtf0/X64/PageTables.asm b/UefiCpuPkg/ResetVector/Vtf0/X64/PageTables.asm index 469fed0006..4ff68cddef 100644 --- a/UefiCpuPkg/ResetVector/Vtf0/X64/PageTables.asm +++ b/UefiCpuPkg/ResetVector/Vtf0/X64/PageTables.asm @@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ BITS 64 ALIGN 16 -Pml4: - ; - ; PML4 (1 * 512GB entry) - ; - DQ PG_NLE(Pdp) - TIMES 0x1000 - ($ - Pml4) DB 0 - %ifdef PAGE_TABLE_1G Pdp: ; @@ -59,6 +52,16 @@ Pdp: %assign i i+1 %endrep %else +Pd: + ; + ; Page-Directory (2048 * 2MB entries => 4GB) + ; Four pages below, each is pointed by one entry in Pdp. + ; + %assign i 0 + %rep 0x800 + DQ PTE_2MB(i) + %assign i i+1 + %endrep Pdp: ; ; Page-directory pointer table (4 * 1GB entries => 4GB) @@ -69,15 +72,12 @@ Pdp: DQ PG_NLE(Pd + 0x3000) TIMES 0x1000 - ($ - Pdp) DB 0 -Pd: +%endif + +Pml4: ; - ; Page-Directory (2048 * 2MB entries => 4GB) - ; Four pages below, each is pointed by one entry in Pdp. + ; PML4 (1 * 512GB entry) ; - %assign i 0 - %rep 0x800 - DQ PTE_2MB(i) - %assign i i+1 - %endrep -%endif + DQ PG_NLE(Pdp) + TIMES 0x1000 - ($ - Pml4) DB 0 EndOfPageTables: -- 2.31.1.windows.1 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#103758): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/103758 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/98553403/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-