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esp32: Allow malloc() to allocate from SPIRAM. 

Also shrinks the "prefer internal" threshold to 8KB, any allocation larger
than this will try PSRAM first.

Change the mbedTLS config to use regular malloc() as well, instead of
internal only.  The default is set to internal-only due to to potential
physical security issue of readout via PSRAM on the original ESP32.
However, as MicroPython runs from plaintext flash and all other context is
in the MP heap of PSRAM then it's hard to see how worsens physical security
for MP.

This work was funded through GitHub Sponsors.

Signed-off-by: Angus Gratton <angus@redyak.com.au>
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Angus Gratton 2023-07-28 12:16:05 +10:00 committed by Damien George
parent 519c24dd48
commit 98fd78437c
3 changed files with 19 additions and 2 deletions
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ports/esp32/boards/sdkconfig.base
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@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ CONFIG_LWIP_PPP_CHAP_SUPPORT=y
# Use 4kiB output buffer instead of default 16kiB
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_ASYMMETRIC_CONTENT_LEN=y
# Allow mbedTLS to allocate from PSRAM or internal memory
#
# (The ESP-IDF default is internal-only, partly for physical security to prevent
# possible information leakage from unencrypted PSRAM contents on the original
# ESP32 - no PSRAM encryption on that chip. MicroPython doesn't support flash
# encryption and is already storing the Python heap in PSRAM so this isn't a
# significant factor in overall physical security.)
CONFIG_MBEDTLS_DEFAULT_MEM_ALLOC=y
# ULP coprocessor support
# Only on: ESP32, ESP32S2, ESP32S3
CONFIG_ULP_COPROC_ENABLED=y

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ports/esp32/boards/sdkconfig.spiram
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@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
CONFIG_SPIRAM=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_CACHE_WORKAROUND=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_IGNORE_NOTFOUND=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=y
# This is the threshold for preferring small allocations from internal memory
# first, before failing over to PSRAM.
CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_ALWAYSINTERNAL=8192
# SPIRAM increases the size of the firmware and overflows iram0_0_seg, due
# to PSRAM bug workarounds. Apply some options to reduce the firmware size.

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ports/esp32/boards/sdkconfig.spiram_sx
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@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_SPIRAM_SPEED_80M=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_BOOT_INIT=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_IGNORE_NOTFOUND=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_CAPS_ALLOC=y
CONFIG_SPIRAM_USE_MALLOC=y
# This is the threshold for preferring small allocations from internal memory
# first, before failing over to PSRAM.
CONFIG_SPIRAM_MALLOC_ALWAYSINTERNAL=8192