From 0977448b45e2f1a9cbe7d7e11d208b16460c79ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emanuele Ghidoli <emanuele.ghidoli@toradex.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:13:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] common: memsize: add RAM size probe based on alias detection

Add probe_ram_size_by_alias() to detect RAM size by checking whether a
write to one address aliases to another address.

Compared to get_ram_size(), this function allows the caller to:
- limit probing to a small set of required accesses
- avoid touching reserved or already used memory regions
- handle non-linear alias patterns

On the iMX95 SoC, when used with LPDDR5, accesses beyond the end of an 8GB DDR
configuration do not alias to the expected linear wrap-around addresses.
Instead, the aliased addresses appear to follow a pattern related to the
DDRC bank and bank-group addresses mapping. Experimentally, the observed
pattern is:

Write        Read
y00000000 -> x0001c000
y00004000 -> x00018000
y00008000 -> x00014000
y0000c000 -> x00010000
y00010000 -> x0000c000
y00014000 -> x00008000
y00018000 -> x00004000
y0001c000 -> x00000000

This helper makes it possible to probe RAM size by explicitly specifying
the probed address and the expected alias address for each size check.

Signed-off-by: Emanuele Ghidoli <emanuele.ghidoli@toradex.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---
 common/memsize.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/init.h   |  7 ++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/memsize.c b/common/memsize.c
index 1abf3fc47d7..3ecf9bac2aa 100644
--- a/common/memsize.c
+++ b/common/memsize.c
@@ -127,6 +127,65 @@ long get_ram_size(long *base, long maxsize)
 	return (maxsize);
 }
 
+/**
+ * probe_ram_size_by_alias() - Detect RAM size using known alias addresses
+ * @checks: Array of RAM alias probe descriptors, terminated by a NULL
+ *	    @probe_addr entry
+ *
+ * Probe RAM size by writing a test pattern to each @probe_addr and checking
+ * whether the same pattern does not appear at the corresponding @alias_addr.
+ * This is useful on systems where address wrap-around does not alias to the
+ * base of memory in a linear way, so get_ram_size() cannot be used directly.
+ * It is also useful on systems where the base of the physical memory cannot
+ * be safely accessed, so get_ram_size() cannot be used at all.
+ *
+ * Return: The size associated with the first matching entry, or 0 if no match
+ * is found.
+ */
+long probe_ram_size_by_alias(const struct ram_alias_check *checks)
+{
+	long save[2];
+	int dcache_en = 0;
+	long ret = 0;
+
+	if (!CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SYS_DCACHE_OFF))
+		dcache_en = dcache_status();
+
+	while (checks->probe_addr && !ret) {
+		volatile long *d = checks->probe_addr;
+		volatile long *s = checks->alias_addr;
+
+		save[0] = *s;
+		save[1] = *d;
+		/* Ensure s is written and not cached */
+		if (dcache_en)
+			dcache_flush_invalidate(s);
+
+		*d = ~save[0];
+		sync();
+		if (dcache_en)
+			dcache_flush_invalidate(d);
+
+		if (*s != ~save[0])
+			ret = checks->size;
+
+		/* Restore content */
+		*d = save[1];
+		sync();
+		if (dcache_en)
+			dcache_flush_invalidate(d);
+
+		*s = save[0];
+		sync();
+		if (dcache_en)
+			dcache_flush_invalidate(s);
+
+		checks++;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 phys_size_t __weak get_effective_memsize(void)
 {
 	phys_size_t ram_size = gd->ram_size;
diff --git a/include/init.h b/include/init.h
index 1e375da4893..c31ebd83b85 100644
--- a/include/init.h
+++ b/include/init.h
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+struct ram_alias_check {
+	void *probe_addr;
+	void *alias_addr;
+	long size;
+};
+
 /*
  * In case of the EFI app the UEFI firmware provides the low-level
  * initialisation.
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ int dram_init(void);
 int dram_init_banksize(void);
 
 long get_ram_size(long *base, long size);
+long probe_ram_size_by_alias(const struct ram_alias_check *checks);
 phys_size_t get_effective_memsize(void);
 
 int testdram(void);