From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
kernel-team@android.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/14] arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 16:56:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201201165643.GD27783@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201127131759.5o5qiv2uwtb6qadl@e107158-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 01:17:59PM +0000, Qais Yousef wrote:
> On 11/24/20 15:50, Will Deacon wrote:
> > Allow systems with mismatched 32-bit support at EL0 to run 32-bit
> > applications based on a new kernel parameter.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
> > arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 +++++++
> > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 526d65d8573a..f20188c44d83 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -289,6 +289,13 @@
> > do not want to use tracing_snapshot_alloc() as it needs
> > to be done where GFP_KERNEL allocations are allowed.
> >
> > + allow_mismatched_32bit_el0 [ARM64]
> > + Allow execve() of 32-bit applications and setting of the
> > + PER_LINUX32 personality on systems where only a strict
> > + subset of the CPUs support 32-bit EL0. When this
> > + parameter is present, the set of CPUs supporting 32-bit
> > + EL0 is indicated by /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_el0.
>
> Shouldn't we document that a randomly selected 32-bit CPU will be prevented
> from being hotplugged out all the time to act as the last man standing for any
> currently running 32-bit application.
>
> That was a mouthful! I'm sure you can phrase it better :-)
Sure, I'll have a go at adding something. Thanks.
> If we make this the last patch as it was before adding affinity handling, we
> can drop patch 4 more easily I think?
I'd still prefer to keep patch 4, but I can certainly try to move this one
later in the series.
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-01 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-24 15:50 [PATCH v4 00/14] An alternative series for asymmetric AArch32 systems Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] arm64: cpuinfo: Split AArch32 registers out into a separate struct Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] arm64: Allow mismatched 32-bit EL0 support Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:25 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 11:50 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:09 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 13:16 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] KVM: arm64: Kill 32-bit vCPUs on systems with mismatched " Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:26 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 11:53 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-27 17:14 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 17:24 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 18:16 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-01 16:57 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 8:18 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-02 17:27 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] arm64: Kill 32-bit applications scheduled on 64-bit-only CPUs Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:12 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 13:52 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 17:42 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] arm64: Advertise CPUs capable of running 32-bit applications in sysfs Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:17 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] sched: Introduce restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr() to limit task CPU affinity Will Deacon
2020-11-27 9:49 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 13:19 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 13:06 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] arm64: exec: Adjust affinity for compat tasks with mismatched 32-bit EL0 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:01 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 13:23 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:55 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 14:07 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] cpuset: Don't use the cpu_possible_mask as a last resort for cgroup v1 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:32 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-30 17:05 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-30 17:36 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 11:58 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 12:37 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 14:11 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 15:56 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 22:30 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 11:34 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 11:33 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] sched: Introduce arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() to limit fallback rq selection Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] sched: Reject CPU affinity changes based on arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() Will Deacon
2020-11-27 9:54 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] arm64: Prevent offlining first CPU with 32-bit EL0 on mismatched system Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:41 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 22:13 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 12:59 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 17:42 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 18:08 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] arm64: Implement arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:41 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] arm64: Remove logic to kill 32-bit tasks on 64-bit-only cores Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] An alternative series for asymmetric AArch32 systems Qais Yousef
2020-12-05 20:43 ` Pavel Machek
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