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Date: Fri, 15 May 2020 12:37:27 +0100 From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>, Steven Price <steven.price@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, harb@...erecomputing.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] firmware: smccc: Add HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY to identify SMCCC v1.1 and above On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 05:44:05PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: > SMCCC v1.0 lacked discoverability of version and features. To accelerate > adoption of few mitigations and protect systems more rapidly from various > vulnerability, PSCI v1.0 was updated to add SMCCC discovery mechanism > though the PSCI firmware implementation of PSCI_FEATURES(SMCCC_VERSION) > which returns success on firmware compliant to SMCCC v1.1 and above. > > This inturn makes SMCCC v1.1 and above dependent on ARM_PSCI_FW for > backward compatibility. Let us introduce a new hidden config for the > same to build more features on top of SMCCC v1.1 and above. > > While at it, also sort alphabetically the psci entry. > > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> Thanks, Mark. > --- > drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 6 ++---- > drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig > index 8007d4aa76dc..4843e94713a4 100644 > --- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig > @@ -295,15 +295,13 @@ config TURRIS_MOX_RWTM > other manufacturing data and also utilize the Entropy Bit Generator > for hardware random number generation. > > -config HAVE_ARM_SMCCC > - bool > - > -source "drivers/firmware/psci/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/broadcom/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/google/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/meson/Kconfig" > +source "drivers/firmware/psci/Kconfig" > +source "drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/tegra/Kconfig" > source "drivers/firmware/xilinx/Kconfig" > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..d93f1ab52cb2 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/Kconfig > @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > +config HAVE_ARM_SMCCC > + bool > + help > + Include support for the Secure Monitor Call (SMC) and Hypervisor > + Call (HVC) instructions on Armv7 and above architectures. > + > +config HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY > + bool > + depends on ARM_PSCI_FW > + default y > + help > + SMCCC v1.0 lacked discoverability and hence PSCI v1.0 was updated > + to add SMCCC discovery mechanism though the PSCI firmware > + implementation of PSCI_FEATURES(SMCCC_VERSION) which returns > + success on firmware compliant to SMCCC v1.1 and above. > + > -- > 2.17.1 >
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