[PATCH v4 12/22] arm64: capabilities: Introduce weak features based on local CPU

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Tue Mar 13 2018 - 07:52:17 EST


Now that we have the flexibility of defining system features based
on individual CPUs, introduce CPU feature type that can be detected
on a local SCOPE and ignores the conflict on late CPUs. This is
applicable for ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH, where it is fine for
the system to have CPUs without hardware prefetch turning up
later. We only suffer a performance penalty, nothing fatal.

Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index c187b926daf9..effb1c038221 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ extern struct arm64_ftr_reg arm64_ftr_reg_ctrel0;
*/
#define ARM64_CPUCAP_SYSTEM_FEATURE \
(ARM64_CPUCAP_SCOPE_SYSTEM | ARM64_CPUCAP_PERMITTED_FOR_LATE_CPU)
+/*
+ * CPU feature detected at boot time based on feature of one or more CPUs.
+ * All possible conflicts for a late CPU are ignored.
+ */
+#define ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE \
+ (ARM64_CPUCAP_SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU | \
+ ARM64_CPUCAP_OPTIONAL_FOR_LATE_CPU | \
+ ARM64_CPUCAP_PERMITTED_FOR_LATE_CPU)

struct arm64_cpu_capabilities {
const char *desc;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index fc6164bc9ef4..0955e02fa638 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
{
.desc = "Software prefetching using PRFM",
.capability = ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH,
- .type = ARM64_CPUCAP_SYSTEM_FEATURE,
+ .type = ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE,
.matches = has_no_hw_prefetch,
},
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_UAO
--
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