Re: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] arm64: Export id_aar64fpr0 via sysfs

Qais Yousef
2020-10-26T19:04:27Z

On 10/22/20 15:55, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 02:47:52PM +0100, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > On 10/21/20 15:41, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > > We already expose MIDR and REVIDR via the current sysfs interface. We
> > > > can expand it to include _all_ the other ID_* regs currently available
> > > > to user via the MRS emulation and we won't have to debate what a new
> > > > interface would look like. The MRS emulation and the sysfs info should
> > > > probably match, though that means we need to expose the
> > > > ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.EL0 field which we currently don't.
> > > >
> > > > I do agree that an AArch32 cpumask is an easier option both from the
> > > > kernel implementation perspective and from the application usability
> > > > one, though not as easy as automatic task placement by the scheduler (my
> > > > first preference, followed by the id_* regs and the aarch32 mask, though
> > > > not a strong preference for any).
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > So the mask idea is about adding a new
> >
> > /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_cpus
> >
> > ?
>
> Is this a file, a directory, or what? What's the contents?
>
> Without any of that, I have no idea if it's "ok" or not...

Hopefully the below patch explains better. Note that I added the new attribute
to driver/base/cpu.c, but assuming we will still want to go down this route, we
will need a generic way for archs to add their attributes to
/sys/devices/system/cpu/.

Something like having a special define for archs to append their own
attributes list

#define SYSFS_SYSTEM_CPU_ARCH_ATTRIBUTES

Or probably there's a way to add this file (attribute) dynamically from arch
code that I just didn't figure out how to do yet.

Thanks

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Qais Yousef

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From 96dfdfdacb2a26a60ba19051e8c72e839eb5408b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:33:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: export aarch32_online mask in sysfs

This patch to be applied on top of arm64 Asymmetric AArch32 support.

It explores the option of exporting the AArch32 capable cpus as a mask
on sysfs.

This is to help drive the discussion on the API before sending the next
version which I yet to address some of the review comments.

The output looks like:

# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_online
0-5

Signed-off-by: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 7 +++++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 8 ++++++++
drivers/base/cpu.c | 12 ++++++++++++
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index b555df825447..9ccb5c3f5ee3 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Description: CPU topology files that describe kernel limits related to

See Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst for more information.

+What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/aarch32_online
+Date: October 2020
+Contact: Linux ARM Kernel Mailing list <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
+Description: CPU topology file that describes which cpus support AArch32 at
+ EL0. Only available on arm64.
+
+ The value is updated when a cpu becomes online then sticks.

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/probe
/sys/devices/system/cpu/release
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 2b87f17b2bd4..edd18002ad81 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ cpucap_multi_entry_cap_matches(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
return false;
}

+extern cpumask_t aarch32_el0_mask;
+
extern DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_hwcaps, ARM64_NCAPS);
extern struct static_key_false cpu_hwcap_keys[ARM64_NCAPS];
extern struct static_key_false arm64_const_caps_ready;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 0f7307c8ad80..662bbc2b15cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1723,6 +1723,13 @@ cpucap_panic_on_conflict(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *cap)
return !!(cap->type & ARM64_CPUCAP_PANIC_ON_CONFLICT);
}

+cpumask_t aarch32_el0_mask;
+static void cpu_enable_aarch32_el0(struct arm64_cpu_capabilities const *cap)
+{
+ if (has_cpuid_feature(cap, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU))
+ cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &aarch32_el0_mask);
+}
+
static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
{
.desc = "GIC system register CPU interface",
@@ -1809,6 +1816,7 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
{
.capability = ARM64_HAS_ASYM_32BIT_EL0,
.type = ARM64_CPUCAP_WEAK_LOCAL_CPU_FEATURE,
+ .cpu_enable = cpu_enable_aarch32_el0,
.matches = has_cpuid_feature,
.sys_reg = SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1,
.sign = FTR_UNSIGNED,
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index d2136ab9b14a..569baacde508 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -459,6 +459,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_device_create);
static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, print_cpu_modalias, NULL);
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+static ssize_t print_aarch32_online(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return cpumap_print_to_pagebuf(true, buf, &aarch32_el0_mask);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(aarch32_online, 0444, print_aarch32_online, NULL);
+#endif
+
static struct attribute *cpu_root_attrs[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
&dev_attr_probe.attr,
@@ -475,6 +484,9 @@ static struct attribute *cpu_root_attrs[] = {
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
+ &dev_attr_aarch32_online.attr,
#endif
NULL
};
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