linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 13/16] firmware/psci: Expose SMCCC version through psci

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:51:22 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@...aro.org>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/16] firmware/psci: Expose SMCCC version through
 psci_ops

On 30/01/18 12:55, Robin Murphy wrote:
> On 29/01/18 17:45, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> Since PSCI 1.0 allows the SMCCC version to be (indirectly) probed,
>> let's do that at boot time, and expose the version of the calling
>> convention as part of the psci_ops structure.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/firmware/psci.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/linux/psci.h    |  6 ++++++
>>   2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/psci.c b/drivers/firmware/psci.c
>> index e9493da2b111..dd035aaa1c33 100644
>> --- a/drivers/firmware/psci.c
>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/psci.c
>> @@ -511,6 +511,26 @@ static void __init psci_init_migrate(void)
>>   	pr_info("Trusted OS resident on physical CPU 0x%lx\n", cpuid);
>>   }
>>   
>> +static void __init psci_init_smccc(u32 ver)
>> +{
>> +	int feature = PSCI_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED;
>> +
>> +	if (PSCI_VERSION_MAJOR(ver) >= 1)
>> +		feature = psci_features(ARM_SMCCC_VERSION_FUNC_ID);
>> +
>> +	if (feature == PSCI_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
>> +		psci_ops.variant = SMCCC_VARIANT_1_0;
> 
> Presumably at some point in the future we might want to update PSCI 
> itself to use 'fast' calls if available, at which point this 
> initialisation is a bit backwards given that you've already made a call 
> using *some* convention. Even I think relying on the enum value working 
> out OK is a bit subtle, so perhaps it's best to default-initialise 
> psci_ops.variant to 1.0 (either statically, or dynamically before the 
> first call), then only update it to 1.1 if and when we discover that.

Indeed. Lorenzo already suggested something along those lines, and I now
(statically) default to 1.0.

Thanks,

	M.
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