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Re: Fast-track extension proposal V2 for "Sv32 Svpbmt"

Greg Favor
 

Below are my comments ...

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 3:34 AM Guo Ren <guoren@...> wrote:

First note that a ratified extension will probably appear in the Priv spec as a separate chapter (as was done with the three Sv* extensions ratified last year), or it might be included as part of the Svpbmt chapter as a separate section.  Tbd.

The Sv32 Svpbmt extension adds Svpbmt (Chapter~\ref{svpbmt}) support to Sv32
implementations by reducing the physical address space from 34-bit to 32-bit,
when {\tt menvcfg}.PBMTE (for V=0) or

The OR is incorrect.  For satp only menvcfg matters.  For vsatp both menvcfg AND henvcfg matter - as is the case in general for features in VS/VU modes that are controlled by the *envcfg CSRs.
 
{\tt henvcfg}.PBMTE (for V=1)
 
... is ... 
set. Then
the 20-bit VPN is translated into a 20-bit physical page number (PPN),

This is only true for 4 KiB pages.  What about larger page sizes?  This probably needs to be expressed in a manner that is page size agnostic.
 
and
the highest 2 bits

... of the leaf PTE ...
are PBMT properties.
 
\begin{commentary}
For example, consider an RV32 system supporting Svpbmt and Hypervisor Extension
(Chapter~\ref{hypervisor}). When the value of {\tt vsatp}.MODE is Sv32x4 and
the {\tt henvcfg}.PBMTE set, a 32-bit physical address is produced with PBMT
attribute when in VS-mode and VU-mode. When the value of {\tt satp}.MODE is
Sv32x4

Satp does not support this translation mode.  And satp is not dependent on menvcfg.  (Conversely vsatp is dependent on both memvcfg AND henvcfg.)

More generally this whole paragraph seems to either have a number of errors or is poorly worded.  Also the intro - that says to consider a system supporting the H extension -  would seem to focus in on vstap, but then the paragraph starts talking about satp.  It probably would be good to have separate paragraphs for the satp functionality and the vsatp functionality (especially since this extension is not limited to use only in virtualized environments).
 
and the {\tt menvcfg}.PBMTE set, a 32-bit physical address is produced
with PBMT attribute from 32-bit ({\tt henvcfg}.PBMTE = 1) or 34-bit
({\tt henvcfg}.PBMTE = 0) guest physical address.
\end{commentary}
 
Sv32 virtual address with Svpbmt:
| 31  22 | 21  12 | 11        0 |
  VPN[1]   VPN[0]   page offset
    10       10         12
 
Sv32 physical address with Svpbmt: 

Isn't this for without Svpbmt?
 
| 31  22 | 21  12 | 11        0 |
  PPN[1]   PPN[0]   page offset
    10        10         12
Sv32 page table entry with Svpbmt: 
| 31 30 | 29     10 | 9             8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0
  MT[2]      PFN      reserved for SW   D   A   G   U   X   W   R   V
By merging PPN[1] and PPN[0], this seems to only apply to 4K leaf PTEs?  Is that intended or why the merging?

Why the '[2]' suffix to 'MT'?  PFN doesn't have such a suffix.  Conversely the above PPN's have a suffix to distinguish between the two PPN fields.

Greg

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