Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] StandaloneMmPkg/StandaloneMmMemLib: Update AARCH64 address size

["Milosek, Damian" <damian.milosek@intel.com>]

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Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] StandaloneMmPkg/StandaloneMmMemLib: Update AARCH64 address size

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 17:14, Milosek, Damian <damian.milosek@intel.com> wrote:
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> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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> To: Milosek, Damian <damian.milosek@intel.com>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] StandaloneMmPkg/StandaloneMmMemLib: Update 
> AARCH64 address size
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> On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 16:51, Milosek, Damian <damian.milosek@intel.com> wrote:
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> > From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of 
> > Milosek, Damian
> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2023 2:51 PM
> > To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> > Cc: Milosek, Damian <damian.milosek@intel.com>
> > Subject: [edk2-devel] [PATCH] StandaloneMmPkg/StandaloneMmMemLib:
> > Update AARCH64 address size
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> > Enable StandaloneMmMemLib to use longer physical addresses than 36 bits.
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> What is the purpose of this change?
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> - Making this Lib working for newer systems that use longer addresses.
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What is the symptom? How is it failing currently?

- Failure occurs in the first check in MmIsBufferOutsideMmValid () function when using longer address.

> > According to ARM "Learn the architecture - AArch64 memory management"
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> > since Armv8.2-A physical address size was extended to 52 bits.
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> > https://developer.arm.com/documentation/101811/0102/Address-spaces
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> This is an optional extension. Which hardware are you using that implements this extension?
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> - System with Armv9-A Neoverse CPU cores.
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Which system? What does the memory map look like?

- It is not productized yet so cannot give any more info. However it seems that specific system is not relevant here.
  Current definition assumes max 36 bits for AARCH64 which is not the case anymore.




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