linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] ARM: kexec: Relax SMP validation to improve DT compatibility

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Message-Id: <1427891447-30695-1-git-send-email-geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date:	Wed,  1 Apr 2015 14:30:47 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
To:	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: [PATCH v2] ARM: kexec: Relax SMP validation to improve DT compatibility

When trying to kexec into a new kernel on a platform where multiple CPU
cores are present, but no SMP bringup code is available yet, the
kexec_load system call fails with:

    kexec_load failed: Invalid argument

The SMP test added to machine_kexec_prepare() in commit 2103f6cba61a8b8b
("ARM: 7807/1: kexec: validate CPU hotplug support") wants to prohibit
kexec on SMP platforms where it cannot disable secondary CPUs.
However, this test is too strict: if the secondary CPUs couldn't be
enabled in the first place, there's no need to disable them later at
kexec time.  Hence skip the test in the absence of SMP bringup code.

This allows to add all CPU cores to the DTS from the beginning, without
having to implement SMP bringup first, improving DT compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Acked-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
---
v2:
  - Add Acked-by.
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h | 1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 3 ++-
 arch/arm/kernel/smp.c           | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h
index 0ad7d490ee6f2657..993e5224d8f7eeeb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static inline u32 mpidr_hash_size(void)
 	return 1 << mpidr_hash.bits;
 }
 
+extern int platform_can_secondary_boot(void);
 extern int platform_can_cpu_hotplug(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
index de2b085ad7535da7..8bf3b7c098881b95 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 	 * and implements CPU hotplug for the current HW. If not, we won't be
 	 * able to kexec reliably, so fail the prepare operation.
 	 */
-	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1 && !platform_can_cpu_hotplug())
+	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1 && platform_can_secondary_boot() &&
+	    !platform_can_cpu_hotplug())
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 86ef244c5a24b4fa..cca5b87581855244 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ void __init smp_init_cpus(void)
 		smp_ops.smp_init_cpus();
 }
 
+int platform_can_secondary_boot(void)
+{
+	return !!smp_ops.smp_boot_secondary;
+}
+
 int platform_can_cpu_hotplug(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-- 
1.9.1

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