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    Extend memory attributes to map non-cacheable memory · 5f654975
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    At the moment, the memory translation library allows to create memory
    mappings of 2 types:
    
     - Device nGnRE memory (named MT_DEVICE in the library);
    
     - Normal, Inner Write-back non-transient, Outer Write-back
       non-transient memory (named MT_MEMORY in the library).
    
    As a consequence, the library code treats the memory type field as a
    boolean: everything that is not device memory is normal memory and
    vice-versa.
    
    In reality, the ARMv8 architecture allows up to 8 types of memory to
    be used at a single time for a given exception level. This patch
    reworks the memory attributes such that the memory type is now defined
    as an integer ranging from 0 to 7 instead of a boolean. This makes it
    possible to extend the list of memory types supported by the memory
    translation library.
    
    The priority system dictating memory attributes for overlapping
    memory regions has been extended to cope with these changes but the
    algorithm at its core has been preserved. When a memory region is
    re-mapped with different memory attributes, the memory translation
    library examines the former attributes and updates them only if
    the new attributes create a more restrictive mapping. This behaviour
    is unchanged, only the manipulation of the value has been modified
    to cope with the new format.
    
    This patch also introduces a new type of memory mapping in the memory
    translation library: MT_NON_CACHEABLE, meaning Normal, Inner
    Non-cacheable, Outer Non-cacheable memory. This can be useful to map
    a non-cacheable memory region, such as a DMA buffer for example.
    
    The rules around the Execute-Never (XN) bit in a translation table
    for an MT_NON_CACHEABLE memory mapping have been aligned on the rules
    used for MT_MEMORY mappings:
     - If the memory is read-only then it is also executable (XN = 0);
     - If the memory is read-write then it is not executable (XN = 1).
    
    The shareability field for MT_NON_CACHEABLE mappings is always set as
    'Outer-Shareable'. Note that this is not strictly needed since
    shareability is only relevant if the memory is a Normal Cacheable
    memory type, but this is to align with the existing device memory
    mappings setup. All Device and Normal Non-cacheable memory regions
    are always treated as Outer Shareable, regardless of the translation
    table shareability attributes.
    
    This patch also removes the 'ATTR_SO' and 'ATTR_SO_INDEX' #defines.
    They were introduced to map memory as Device nGnRnE (formerly called
    "Strongly-Ordered" memory in the ARMv7 architecture) but were not
    used anywhere in the code base. Removing them avoids any confusion
    about the memory types supported by the library.
    
    Upstream platforms do not currently use the MT_NON_CACHEABLE memory
    type.
    
    NOTE: THIS CHANGE IS SOURCE COMPATIBLE BUT PLATFORMS THAT RELY ON THE
    BINARY VALUES OF `mmap_attr_t` or the `attr` argument of
    `mmap_add_region()` MAY BE BROKEN.
    
    Change-Id: I717d6ed79b4c845a04e34132432f98b93d661d79
    5f654975
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