linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf/arm_cspmu: Decouple APMT dependency

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <bdb24a64-6cdd-2ffb-da57-a237936b8524@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 11:55:48 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, will@...nel.org
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, bwicaksono@...dia.com,
        ilkka@...amperecomputing.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf/arm_cspmu: Decouple APMT dependency

On 01/06/2023 12:59, Robin Murphy wrote:
> The functional paths of the driver need not care about ACPI, so abstract
> the property of atomic doubleword access as its own flag (repacking the
> structure for a better fit). We also do not need to go poking directly
> at the APMT for standard resources which the ACPI layer has already
> dealt with, so deal with the optional MMIO page and interrupt in the
> normal firmware-agnostic manner. The few remaining portions of probing
> that *are* APMT-specific can still easily retrieve the APMT pointer as
> needed without us having to carry a duplicate copy around everywhere.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>