From: acampanella-thegoodpenguin <acampanella@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>
To: linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 1/6] base: bootcache: initial commit
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:23:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250923-bootcache-v1-1-4f86fdc38b4e@thegoodpenguin.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250923-bootcache-v1-0-4f86fdc38b4e@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>
bootcache provides boot-time key-value cache to help improve
boot performance by allowing drivers to cache expensive computations.
Simple API are provided:
- bootcache_get_u16()/bootcache_set_u16() - retrieve/store u16 values
- bootcache_get_u32()/bootcache_set_u32() - retrieve/store u32 values
- bootcache_get_u64()/bootcache_set_u64() - retrieve/store u64 values
- bootcache_get_string()/bootcache_set_string() - retrieve/store strings
- bootcache_register_backend() - Backend registration
- bootcache_add_entry() - Add cache entry into framework
Signed-off-by: Marc Kelly <mkelly@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Campanella <acampanella@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>
---
MAINTAINERS | 6 ++
drivers/base/Kconfig | 11 +++
drivers/base/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/base/bootcache.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/bootcache.h | 219 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 416 insertions(+)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index daf520a13bdf6a991c0160a96620f40308c29ee0..4bf3766b30bbf75214911bd4ce5256a066f05726 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -4418,6 +4418,12 @@ S: Maintained
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/imu/bosch,bmi323.yaml
F: drivers/iio/imu/bmi323/
+BOOT CACHE
+M: Andrea Campanella <acampanella@thegoodpenguin.co.uk>
+S: Maintained
+F: drivers/base/bootcache.c
+F: include/linux/bootcache.h
+
BPF JIT for ARC
M: Shahab Vahedi <list+bpf@vahedi.org>
L: bpf@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 064eb52ff7e2d4d8745e9c39882b41dc4cf02a89..da02f95948d880da83c3025addc1e111dbce339a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ config DEVTMPFS_SAFE
with the PROT_EXEC flag. This can break, for example, non-KMS
video drivers.
+config BOOTCACHE
+ bool "Boot-time cache for the kernel"
+ help
+ Enable a simple key-value cache subsystem for storing boot-time
+ configuration data. This allows drivers and kernel subsystems to
+ cache expensive computations during boot, potentially improving
+ boot performance on subsequent reboots by avoiding redundant
+ hardware detection and initialization work
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config STANDALONE
bool "Select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"
default y
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 8074a10183dcb720a6b820b8476b230716b37f01..10a16e6c2ea1ad778fb7793583b9ee54d2498b2b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ obj-y := component.o core.o bus.o dd.o syscore.o \
topology.o container.o property.o cacheinfo.o \
swnode.o faux.o
obj-$(CONFIG_AUXILIARY_BUS) += auxiliary.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE) += bootcache.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS) += devtmpfs.o
obj-y += power/
obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_BUS_API) += isa.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/bootcache.c b/drivers/base/bootcache.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d74ead796b0f50ca9a90e84e7230b9ad6ca896d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/bootcache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/hashtable.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/stringhash.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/bootcache.h>
+
+static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(bootcache_table, BOOTCACHE_HASH_BITS);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bootcache_lock);
+static struct kobject *bootcache_kobj;
+static struct bootcache_info *bootcache_backend;
+static bool bootcache_initilized;
+
+int bootcache_register_backend(struct bootcache_info *bci)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!bci)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!bci->name)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* If we're not ready, tell backend to try again later */
+ if (!bootcache_initilized)
+ return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+ if (bootcache_backend) {
+ pr_warn("bootcache: Backend '%s' is already registered, cannot register '%s'\n",
+ bootcache_backend->name, bci->name);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+ pr_info("bootcache: Registering backend '%s'\n",
+ bci->name);
+
+ /* Have the backend load and populate the cache store */
+ ret = bci->load_cache();
+
+ if (ret)
+ goto failed_initilize;
+
+ bootcache_backend = bci;
+ return 0;
+
+failed_initilize:
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bootcache_register_backend);
+
+int bootcache_get(const char *name, void *buf, size_t *len)
+{
+ struct bootcache_entry *entry;
+ u32 hash;
+ int ret = -ENOENT;
+
+ if (!name || !buf || !len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ hash = full_name_hash(NULL, name, strlen(name));
+
+ spin_lock(&bootcache_lock);
+ hash_for_each_possible(bootcache_table, entry, node, hash) {
+ if (strcmp(entry->key, name) == 0) {
+ if (*len < entry->len) {
+ *len = entry->len;
+ ret = -ENOSPC;
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ memcpy(buf, entry->data, entry->len);
+ *len = entry->len;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ }
+
+unlock:
+ spin_unlock(&bootcache_lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bootcache_get);
+
+int bootcache_add_entry(struct bootcache_entry *entry)
+{
+ u32 hash;
+ struct bootcache_entry *existing_entry;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ hash = full_name_hash(NULL, entry->key, strlen(entry->key));
+
+ spin_lock(&bootcache_lock);
+
+ hash_for_each_possible(bootcache_table, existing_entry, node, hash) {
+ if (strcmp(existing_entry->key, entry->key) == 0) {
+ ret = -EEXIST; // Key already exists
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ }
+
+ hash_add(bootcache_table, &entry->node, hash);
+
+unlock:
+ spin_unlock(&bootcache_lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bootcache_add_entry);
+
+int bootcache_set(const char *name, const void *data, size_t len)
+{
+ struct bootcache_entry *new_entry;
+ u32 hash;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (!name || !data || !len)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ new_entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_entry)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ new_entry->key = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_entry->key) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto free;
+ }
+
+ new_entry->data = kmemdup(data, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_entry->data) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto free;
+ }
+
+ new_entry->len = len;
+ ret = bootcache_add_entry(new_entry);
+ if (!ret)
+ return 0;
+
+free:
+ kfree(new_entry->data);
+ kfree(new_entry->key);
+ kfree(new_entry);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bootcache_set);
+
+static ssize_t writeout_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ /*Implement persistent storage backend */
+ return count;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute writeout_attr = __ATTR_WO(writeout);
+
+static int __init bootcache_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ pr_info("bootcache: backend loaded\n");
+
+ /* Create /sys/kernel/bootcache/writeout */
+ bootcache_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("bootcache", kernel_kobj);
+ if (!bootcache_kobj)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ ret = sysfs_create_file(bootcache_kobj, &writeout_attr.attr);
+ if (ret) {
+ kobject_put(bootcache_kobj);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ bootcache_initilized = true;
+ return 0;
+}
+core_initcall(bootcache_init);
diff --git a/include/linux/bootcache.h b/include/linux/bootcache.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52c07cf09bb87fc6c305485e5409bd235ede4e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/bootcache.h
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _LINUX_BOOTCACHE_H
+#define _LINUX_BOOTCACHE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTCACHE
+
+#define BOOTCACHE_HASH_BITS 6 /* 64 buckets */
+
+struct bootcache_entry {
+ struct hlist_node node;
+ char *key;
+ void *data;
+ size_t len;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct bootcache_info - Structure for registering a boot cache backend.
+ *
+ * @name: The name of the backend.
+ *
+ * Callbacks:
+ * @load_cache: Callback function to read and populate the framework from the cache.
+ */
+
+struct bootcache_info {
+ const char *name;
+ /* Callback Function Pointers */
+ int (*load_cache)(void);
+};
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_add_entry - Add an entry directly into the hash table
+ * @entry: bootcache_entry structure
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, entry was added, do not free it.
+ * 1 on success but an existing entry was updated,
+ * free to deallocate entry.
+ */
+int bootcache_add_entry(struct bootcache_entry *entry);
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_register_backend - Register a backend provider with the framework
+ * @bci: bootcache_info structure
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EPROBE_DEFER if the frontend is not ready,
+ * -EBUSY if another backend is already registered,
+ * -EINVAL on invalid registration information.
+ */
+int bootcache_register_backend(struct bootcache_info *bci);
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_get - Retrieve arbitrary data from the cache
+ * @name: Key to look up
+ * @buf: Buffer to store retrieved data
+ * @len: On input, size of buffer; on output, actual data size
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters,
+ * -ENOENT if not found, -ENOSPC if buffer too small
+ */
+int bootcache_get(const char *name, void *buf, size_t *len);
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_set - Store arbitrary data in the cache
+ * @name: Key to store under
+ * @data: Data to store
+ * @len: Length of data
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOMEM on allocation failure
+ */
+int bootcache_set(const char *name, const void *data, size_t len);
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_BOOTCACHE */
+
+static inline int bootcache_get(const char *name, void *buf, size_t *len)
+{
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+static inline int bootcache_set(const char *name, const void *data, size_t len)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_get_u16 - Retrieve a u16 value from the cache
+ * @name: Key to look up
+ * @out_val: Pointer to store the retrieved value
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOENT if not found
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_get_u16(const char *name, u16 *out_val)
+{
+ size_t len = sizeof(u16);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_get(name, out_val, &len);
+ else
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_set_u16 - Store a u16 value in the cache
+ * @name: Key to store under
+ * @val: Value to store
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOMEM on allocation failure
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_set_u16(const char *name, u16 val)
+{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_set(name, &val, sizeof(u16));
+ else
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_get_u32 - Retrieve a u32 value from the cache
+ * @name: Key to look up
+ * @out_val: Pointer to store the retrieved value
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOENT if not found
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_get_u32(const char *name, u32 *out_val)
+{
+ size_t len = sizeof(u32);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_get(name, out_val, &len);
+ else
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_set_u32 - Store a u32 value in the cache
+ * @name: Key to store under
+ * @val: Value to store
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOMEM on allocation failure
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_set_u32(const char *name, u32 val)
+{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_set(name, &val, sizeof(u32));
+ else
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_get_u64 - Retrieve a u64 value from the cache
+ * @name: Key to look up
+ * @out_val: Pointer to store the retrieved value
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOENT if not found
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_get_u64(const char *name, u64 *out_val)
+{
+ size_t len = sizeof(u64);
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_get(name, out_val, &len);
+ else
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_set_u64 - Store a u64 value in the cache
+ * @name: Key to store under
+ * @val: Value to store
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOMEM on allocation failure
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_set_u64(const char *name, u64 val)
+{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_set(name, &val, sizeof(u64));
+ else
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_get_string - Retrieve a string from the cache
+ * @name: Key to look up
+ * @buf: Buffer to store retrieved string
+ * @buflen: Size of buffer
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters,
+ * -ENOENT if not found, -ENOSPC if buffer too small
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_get_string(const char *name, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+ size_t len = buflen;
+
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE))
+ return bootcache_get(name, buf, &len);
+ else
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootcache_set_string - Store a string in the cache
+ * @name: Key to store under
+ * @str: Null-terminated string to store
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL for invalid parameters, -ENOMEM on allocation failure
+ */
+static inline int bootcache_set_string(const char *name, const char *str)
+{
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTCACHE)) {
+ if (!str)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ return bootcache_set(name, str, strlen(str) + 1);
+ } else {
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+}
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_BOOTCACHE_H */
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-23 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-23 14:23 [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 0/6] Add support for boot-time caching acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-23 14:23 ` acampanella-thegoodpenguin [this message]
2025-09-29 23:38 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 1/6] base: bootcache: initial commit Bird, Tim
2025-09-30 8:24 ` Andrea Campanella
2025-09-23 14:23 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 2/6] raid6: Add bootcache acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-23 14:23 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 3/6] crypto: use bootcache to cache fastest algorithm acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-29 23:48 ` Bird, Tim
2025-09-30 11:37 ` Andrew Murray
2025-09-23 14:23 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 4/6] base: bootcache: Add bootcache test backend acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-23 14:23 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 5/6] base: bootcache: Add bootcache memory backend acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-24 14:42 ` Dan Scally
2025-09-24 15:13 ` Andrea Campanella
2025-09-26 17:34 ` Marc Kelly
2025-09-26 20:09 ` Dan Scally
2025-09-23 14:23 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 6/6] dt-bindings: bootcache: Add bindings for bootcache backend acampanella-thegoodpenguin
2025-09-30 12:49 ` [PATCH PREVIEW RFC 0/6] Add support for boot-time caching Rob Landley
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