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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 16/20] arm64: Handle shared capability entries
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On 08/02/18 12:04, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 06:28:03PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>> Some capabilities have different criteria for detection and associated
>> actions based on the matching criteria, even though they all share the
>> same capability bit. So far we have used multiple entries with the same
>> capability bit to handle this. This is prone to errors, as the
>> cpu_enable is invoked for each entry, irrespective of whether the
>> detection rule applies to the CPU or not. And also this complicates
>> other helpers, e.g, __this_cpu_has_cap.
>>
>> This patch adds a wrapper entry to cover all the possible variations
>> of a capability and ensures :
>> 1) The capabilitiy is set when at least one of the entry detects
>> 2) Action is only taken for the entries that detects.
>>
>> This avoids explicit checks in the call backs. The only constraint
>> here is that, all the entries should have the same "type".
>>
>> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@arm.com>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
>> ---
>
> [...]
>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>
> [...]
>
>> @@ -1275,7 +1274,7 @@ static bool __verify_local_cpu_caps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps_li
>> if (!(caps->type & scope_mask))
>> continue;
>>
>> - cpu_has_cap = __this_cpu_has_cap(caps_list, caps->capability);
>> + cpu_has_cap = caps->matches(caps, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU);
>
> One other minor thing: the original caps_list argument seems no longer
> to be needed in this function after this change.
>
> Can we rename the caps_list argument to "caps" and remove the local
> variable of the same name?

Sure, will do.

Suzuki

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