linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] drivers: psci: replace psci firmware calls

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2015 13:46:47 +0000
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, valentin.manea@...wei.com,
	jean-michel.delorme@...com, emmanuel.michel@...com,
	javier@...igon.com,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] drivers: psci: replace psci firmware calls

On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 02:08:26PM +0100, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 11:55:39AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 09:21:24AM +0100, Jens Wiklander wrote:
> > > Switch to use a generic interface for issuing SMC/HVC based on ARM SMC
> > > Calling Convention. Removes now the now unused psci-call.S.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm/kernel/Makefile      |  1 -
> > >  arch/arm/kernel/psci-call.S   | 31 -------------------------------
> > >  arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile    |  2 +-
> > >  arch/arm64/kernel/psci-call.S | 28 ----------------------------
> > >  drivers/firmware/psci.c       | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
> > >  5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm/kernel/psci-call.S
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/psci-call.S
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci.c b/drivers/firmware/psci.c
> > > index 42700f0..53c9606 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/firmware/psci.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci.c
> > > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> > >  #include <linux/pm.h>
> > >  #include <linux/printk.h>
> > >  #include <linux/psci.h>
> > > +#include <linux/arm-smccc.h>
> > >  #include <linux/reboot.h>
> > >  
> > >  #include <uapi/linux/psci.h>
> > > @@ -56,8 +57,6 @@ struct psci_operations psci_ops;
> > >  
> > >  typedef unsigned long (psci_fn)(unsigned long, unsigned long,
> > >  				unsigned long, unsigned long);
> > > -asmlinkage psci_fn __invoke_psci_fn_hvc;
> > > -asmlinkage psci_fn __invoke_psci_fn_smc;
> > >  static psci_fn *invoke_psci_fn;
> > >  
> > >  enum psci_function {
> > > @@ -70,6 +69,24 @@ enum psci_function {
> > >  
> > >  static u32 psci_function_id[PSCI_FN_MAX];
> > >  
> > > +static unsigned long __invoke_psci_fn_hvc(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
> > > +			unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3)
> > 
> > Minor comment, but could we keep these argument names the same as before
> > please?
> 
> You mean function_id, arg0, arg1... instead? I guess I should update
> arm-smccc.h also then.

No; I think just updating the psci caller to use those, but leave the
SMCCC low-level details as they are. The latter is just pushing data,
whilst the former has some (albeit limited) knowledge of what those
values represent.

Will
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/