linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: enable tlbi range instructions

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Date:   Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:19:44 +0800
From:   Zhenyu Ye <yezhenyu2@...wei.com>
To:     <catalin.marinas@....com>, <will@...nel.org>,
        <suzuki.poulose@....com>, <maz@...nel.org>, <steven.price@....com>,
        <guohanjun@...wei.com>, <olof@...om.net>
CC:     <yezhenyu2@...wei.com>, <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <arm@...nel.org>, <xiexiangyou@...wei.com>,
        <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>, <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>,
        <kuhn.chenqun@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: enable tlbi range instructions

TLBI RANGE feature instoduces new assembly instructions and only
support by binutils >= 2.30.  Add necessary Kconfig logic to allow
this to be enabled and pass '-march=armv8.4-a' to KBUILD_CFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Zhenyu Ye <yezhenyu2@...wei.com>
---
 arch/arm64/Kconfig  | 14 ++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/Makefile |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 66dc41fd49f2..e385361f8137 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1596,6 +1596,20 @@ config ARM64_AMU_EXTN
 	  correctly reflect reality. Most commonly, the value read will be 0,
 	  indicating that the counter is not enabled.
 
+config ARM64_TLB_RANGE
+	bool "Enable support for tlbi range feature"
+	default y
+	depends on AS_HAS_ARMV8_4
+	help
+	  ARMv8.4-TLBI provides TLBI invalidation instruction that apply to a
+	  range of input addresses.
+
+	  The feature introduces new assembly instructions, and they were
+	  support when binutils >= 2.30.
+
+config AS_HAS_ARMV8_4
+	def_bool $(cc-option, -Wa$(comma)-march=armv8.4-a)
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "ARMv8.5 architectural features"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index a0d94d063fa8..4e823b97c92e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -82,11 +82,18 @@ endif
 # compiler to generate them and consequently to break the single image contract
 # we pass it only to the assembler. This option is utilized only in case of non
 # integrated assemblers.
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_AS_HAS_ARMV8_4), y)
 branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_AS_HAS_PAC) += -Wa,-march=armv8.3-a
 endif
+endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(branch-prot-flags-y)
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_AS_HAS_ARMV8_4), y)
+# make sure to pass the newest target architecture to -march.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Wa,-march=armv8.4-a
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK), y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -ffixed-x18
 endif
-- 
2.19.1