linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] firmware: smccc: Refactor SMCCC specific bits into separate file

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Date:   Fri, 15 May 2020 12:49:53 +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 5/7] firmware: smccc: Refactor SMCCC specific bits
 into separate file

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 05:44:09PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> In order to add newer SMCCC v1.1+ functionality and to avoid cluttering
> PSCI firmware driver with SMCCC bits, let us move the SMCCC specific
> details under drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c
> 
> We can also drop conduit and smccc_version from psci_operations structure
> as SMCCC was the sole user and now it maintains those.
> 
> No functionality change in this patch though.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                     |  9 +++++++++
>  drivers/firmware/Makefile       |  3 ++-
>  drivers/firmware/psci/psci.c    | 19 ++++---------------
>  drivers/firmware/smccc/Makefile |  3 +++
>  drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c  | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/arm-smccc.h       | 11 +++++++++++
>  include/linux/psci.h            |  2 --
>  7 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/smccc/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/smccc/smccc.c
> 
> Hi Mark, Lorenzo,
> 
> I have replicated PSCI entry in MAINTAINERS file and added myself to
> for SMCCC entry. If you prefer I can merge it under PSCI. Let me know
> your preference along with other review comments.

> +SECURE MONITOR CALL(SMC) CALLING CONVENTION (SMCCC)
> +M:	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> +M:	Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
> +M:	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> +L:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> +S:	Maintained
> +F:	drivers/firmware/smccc/
> +F:	include/linux/arm-smccc.h

As per the above, I'm fine with having this separate from the PSCI
entry, and I'm fine with sharing this maintainership.

> diff --git a/include/linux/arm-smccc.h b/include/linux/arm-smccc.h

> +/**
> + * arm_smccc_version_init() - Sets SMCCC version and conduit
> + * @version: SMCCC version v1.1 or above
> + * @conduit: SMCCC_CONDUIT_SMC or SMCCC_CONDUIT_HVC
> + *
> + * When SMCCCv1.1 or above is not present, defaults to ARM_SMCCC_VERSION_1_0
> + * and SMCCC_CONDUIT_NONE respectively.
> + */
> +void __init arm_smccc_version_init(u32 version, enum arm_smccc_conduit conduit);

Given we only expect the PSCI code to call this, could we avoid putting
this in a header and just define it within psci.c?

Either way:

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

Thanks,
Mark.