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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 02/27] arm64: cpufeature: Use alternatives for VHE cpu_enable
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Hi James,

On 12/09/18 11:28, James Morse wrote:
> Hi Julien,
>
> On 28/08/18 16:51, Julien Thierry wrote:
>> The cpu_enable callback for VHE feature requires all alternatives to have
>> been applied. This prevents applying VHE alternative separately from the
>> rest.
>>
>> Use an alternative depending on VHE feature to know whether VHE
>> alternatives have already been applied.
>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> index 1e433ac..3bc1c8b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> @@ -1022,8 +1024,15 @@ static void cpu_copy_el2regs(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused)
>> * that, freshly-onlined CPUs will set tpidr_el2, so we don't need to
>> * do anything here.
>> */
>> - if (!alternatives_applied)
>> - write_sysreg(read_sysreg(tpidr_el1), tpidr_el2);
>> + asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE(
>> + "mrs %0, tpidr_el1\n"
>> + "msr tpidr_el2, %0",
>> + "nop\n"
>> + "nop",
>> + ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN)
>> + : "+r" (tmp)
>> + :
>> + : "memory");
>> }
>> #endif
>
> Catalin's preference was to keep this all in C:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10007977/
> , for which we need to know if 'the' alternative has been applied.
>
> I suspect there may be more registers in this list if we have to switch to
> another EL2 register using alternatives. (but I don't have an example).
>
> Could we make 'alternatives_applied' a macro that takes the cap as an argument?
>

I wanted to do this initially, the issue was that the alternatives
framework works on regions to patch rather than caps to apply. So I
found it a bit odd to associate the "code corresponding to cap was
applied" with the alternative application.

Although in patch 3 with the feature mask I guess that at the end of the
__apply_alternatives loop, if the cap was part of the mask passed, it
can be considered as applied.
If the asm inline is problematic I can go that route.

Thanks,

--
Julien Thierry

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