Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: Relax constraints on ID feature bits

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Wed Feb 07 2018 - 10:10:55 EST


On 07/02/18 15:09, Dave Martin wrote:
On Wed, Feb 07, 2018 at 02:21:05PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:

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- ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64MMFR0_ASID_SHIFT, 4, 0),
+ /*
+ * We handle differing ASID widths by explicit checks to make sure the system is
+ * safe via verify_cpu_asid_bits()

I guess that's sufficient.

Although I had suggested adding a comment to verify_cpu_asid_bits()
cross-referencing back to here, it now seems superfluous. It's fairly
obvious what that function is supported to do.


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- ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64MMFR1_VHE_SHIFT, 4, 0),

[...]

+ /*
+ * When CONFIG_ARM64_VHE is enabled, we ensure that there is no conflict in run
+ * levels via verify_cpu_run_el()
+ */
+ ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64MMFR1_VHE_SHIFT, 4, 0),

Similarly ack.


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- ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64MMFR2_IESB_SHIFT, 4, 0),

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+ /*
+ * Lacking implicit ESB on exception boundaries on a subset of CPUs is no worse than
+ * lacking it on all of them.
+ */
+ ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64MMFR2_IESB_SHIFT, 4, 0),

And again. Thanks.

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Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>



Thanks Dave !