linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] arm64: capabilities: Unify the verification

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Date:   Wed, 7 Feb 2018 16:56:43 +0000
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>
To:     Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        ckadabi@...eaurora.org, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
        marc.zyngier@....com, catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jnair@...iumnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] arm64: capabilities: Unify the verification

On 07/02/18 10:38, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 06:27:53PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
>> Now that each capability describes how to treat the conflicts
>> of CPU cap state vs System wide cap state, we can unify the
>> verification logic to a single place.
>>
>> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  1 +
>>   arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c      | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>   2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> index 1b29b3f0a1bc..5e4d581c97f1 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
>> @@ -1233,6 +1233,56 @@ static void __init enable_cpu_capabilities(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *
>>   	}
>>   }
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Run through the list of capabilities to check for conflicts.
>> + * If the system has already detected a capability, take necessary
>> + * action on this CPU.
>> + *
>> + * Returns "false" on conflicts.
>> + */
>> +static bool __verify_local_cpu_caps(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps_list)
>> +{
>> +	bool cpu_has_cap, system_has_cap;
>> +	const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *caps = caps_list;
>> +
>> +	for (; caps->matches; caps++) {
>> +		cpu_has_cap = __this_cpu_has_cap(caps_list, caps->capability);
>> +		system_has_cap =  cpus_have_cap(caps->capability);
> 
> Nit: Odd spacing?

Fixed

> 
> [...]
> 
> Otherwise,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>

Thanks
Suzuki