From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: Export id_aar64fpr0 via sysfs
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:23:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201021172345.GF18071@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201021160730.komcgrp7q2tly55w@e107158-lin>
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 05:07:30PM +0100, Qais Yousef wrote:
> On 10/21/20 16:23, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > > If a cpumask is easier to implement and easier to use, then I think that's
> > > > what we should do. It's also then dead easy to disable if necessary by
> > > > just returning 0. The only alternative I would prefer is not having to
> > > > expose this information altogether, but I'm not sure that figuring this
> > > > out from MIDR/REVIDR alone is reliable.
> > >
> > > I did suggest this before, but I'll try gain. If we want to assume a custom
> > > bootloader and custom user space, we can make them provide the mask.
> >
> > Who mentioned a custom bootloader? In the context of Android, we're
>
> Custom bootloader as in a bootloader that needs to opt-in to enable the
> feature (pass the right cmdline param). Catalin suggested to make this a sysctl
> to allow also for runtime toggling. But the initial intention was to have this
> to enable it at cmdline.
Hmm, ok, I don't think allowing the cmdline to be specified means its a
custom bootloader.
> > talking about a user-space that already manages scheduling affinity.
> >
> > > For example, the new sysctl_enable_asym_32bit could be a cpumask instead of
> > > a bool as it currently is. Or we can make it a cmdline parameter too.
> > > In both cases some admin (bootloader or init process) has to ensure to fill it
> > > correctly for the target platform. The bootloader should be able to read the
> > > registers to figure out the mask. So more weight to make it a cmdline param.
> >
> > I think this is adding complexity for the sake of it. I'm much more in
>
> I actually think it reduces complexity. No special ABI to generate the mask
> from the kernel. The same opt-in flag is the cpumask too.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your proposal but having a cpumask instead of
a bool means you now have to consider policy on a per-cpu basis, which
adds an extra dimension to this. For example, do you allow that mask to
be changed at runtime so that differents sets of CPUs now support 32-bit?
Do you preserve it across hotplug?
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-21 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-21 10:46 [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for Asymmetric AArch32 systems Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 10:46 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] arm64: kvm: Handle " Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 12:02 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-10-21 13:35 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 13:51 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-10-21 14:38 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-02 17:58 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 10:46 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] arm64: Add support for asymmetric AArch32 EL0 configurations Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 15:39 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-21 16:21 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 16:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 17:39 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-22 9:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 10:46 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: export emulate_sys_reg() Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 10:46 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: Export id_aar64fpr0 via sysfs Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 11:09 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-10-21 11:25 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-21 11:46 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-10-21 12:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-21 13:18 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 12:15 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 13:20 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 13:33 ` Morten Rasmussen
2020-10-21 14:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 14:41 ` Morten Rasmussen
2020-10-21 14:45 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-21 15:10 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 15:37 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-21 16:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-21 17:19 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-22 9:55 ` Morten Rasmussen
2020-10-21 14:31 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-22 10:16 ` Morten Rasmussen
2020-10-22 10:48 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 14:41 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-21 15:03 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 15:23 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-21 16:07 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 17:23 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2020-10-21 19:57 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 20:26 ` Will Deacon
2020-10-22 8:16 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-22 9:58 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-22 13:47 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-22 13:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-22 14:31 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-10-22 14:34 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-26 19:02 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-26 19:08 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-26 19:18 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 11:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-21 13:22 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 11:26 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for Asymmetric AArch32 systems Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-21 13:15 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 13:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-10-21 13:55 ` Qais Yousef
2020-10-21 14:35 ` Catalin Marinas
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