From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, mark.rutland@arm.com,
ckadabi@codeaurora.org, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org,
marc.zyngier@arm.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
will.deacon@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jnair@caviumnetworks.com, robin.murphy@arm.com,
shankerd@codeaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 15/22] arm64: capabilities: Change scope of VHE to Boot CPU feature
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:18:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180321151837.GC16308@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180313115120.17256-16-suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 11:51:13AM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> We expect all CPUs to be running at the same EL inside the kernel
> with or without VHE enabled and we have strict checks to ensure
> that any mismatch triggers a kernel panic. If VHE is enabled,
> we use the feature based on the boot CPU and all other CPUs
> should follow. This makes it a perfect candidate for a cpability
Nit: capability (not worth fixing unless you respin for some other
reason though.)
> based on the boot CPU, which should be matched by all the CPUs
> (both when is ON and OFF). This saves us some not-so-pretty
> hooks and special code, just for verifying the conflict.
>
> The patch also makes the VHE capability entry depend on
> CONFIG_ARM64_VHE.
>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
[...]
Cheers
---Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-21 15:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-13 11:50 [PATCH v4 00/22] arm64: Rework cpu capabilities handling Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/22] arm64: capabilities: Update prototype for enable call back Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 02/22] arm64: capabilities: Move errata work around check on boot CPU Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 03/22] arm64: capabilities: Move errata processing code Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 04/22] arm64: capabilities: Prepare for fine grained capabilities Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 05/22] arm64: capabilities: Add flags to handle the conflicts on late CPU Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 06/22] arm64: capabilities: Unify the verification Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 07/22] arm64: capabilities: Filter the entries based on a given mask Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 08/22] arm64: capabilities: Prepare for grouping features and errata work arounds Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 09/22] arm64: capabilities: Split the processing of " Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-22 16:44 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 10/22] arm64: capabilities: Allow features based on local CPU scope Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 11/22] arm64: capabilities: Group handling of features and errata workarounds Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-21 15:07 ` Dave Martin
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 12/22] arm64: capabilities: Introduce weak features based on local CPU Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 13/22] arm64: capabilities: Restrict KPTI detection to boot-time CPUs Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 14/22] arm64: capabilities: Add support for features enabled early Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 15/22] arm64: capabilities: Change scope of VHE to Boot CPU feature Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-21 15:18 ` Dave Martin [this message]
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 16/22] arm64: capabilities: Clean up midr range helpers Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 17/22] arm64: Add helpers for checking CPU MIDR against a range Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 18/22] arm64: capabilities: Add support for checks based on a list of MIDRs Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 19/22] arm64: capabilities: Handle shared entries Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-22 16:43 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 20/22] arm64: Add MIDR encoding for Arm Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A35 Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 21/22] arm64: Delay enabling hardware DBM feature Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-21 15:22 ` Dave Martin
2018-03-13 11:51 ` [PATCH v4 22/22] arm64: Add work around for Arm Cortex-A55 Erratum 1024718 Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-21 15:31 ` Dave Martin
2018-03-22 16:42 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2018-03-26 11:53 ` [PATCH v4 00/22] arm64: Rework cpu capabilities handling Will Deacon
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