Re: [PATCH v4 12/21] arm64: cpufeature: Add an early command-line cpufeature override facility

David Brazdil
2021-01-18T13:09:08Z

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:45:24AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> In order to be able to override CPU features at boot time,
> let's add a command line parser that matches options of the
> form "cpureg.feature=value", and store the corresponding
> value into the override val/mask pair.
>
> No features are currently defined, so no expected change in
> functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@google.com>

> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> index 86364ab6f13f..2262f0392857 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ obj-y := debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o \
> return_address.o cpuinfo.o cpu_errata.o \
> cpufeature.o alternative.o cacheinfo.o \
> smp.o smp_spin_table.o topology.o smccc-call.o \
> - syscall.o proton-pack.o
> + syscall.o proton-pack.o idreg-override.o
>
> targets += efi-entry.o
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index d74e5f84042e..b3c4dd04f74b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(__primary_switched)
>
> mov x0, x21 // pass FDT address in x0
> bl early_fdt_map // Try mapping the FDT early
> + bl init_shadow_regs
> bl switch_to_vhe
> #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS)
> bl kasan_early_init
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..392f93b67103
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +/*
> + * Early cpufeature override framework
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2020 Google LLC
> + * Author: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/libfdt.h>
> +
> +#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> +#include <asm/setup.h>
> +
> +struct reg_desc {
> + const char * const name;
> + u64 * const val;
> + u64 * const mask;
> + struct {
> + const char * const name;
> + u8 shift;
nit: There's an extra space before `shift`.

> + } fields[];
> +};
> +
> +static const struct reg_desc * const regs[] __initdata = {
> +};
> +
> +static int __init find_field(const char *cmdline, const struct reg_desc *reg,
> + int f, u64 *v)
> +{
> + char buf[256], *str;
> + size_t len;
> +
> + snprintf(buf, ARRAY_SIZE(buf), "%s.%s=", reg->name, reg->fields[f].name);
> +
> + str = strstr(cmdline, buf);
> + if (!(str == cmdline || (str > cmdline && *(str - 1) == ' ')))
> + return -1;
> +
> + str += strlen(buf);
> + len = strcspn(str, " ");
> + len = min(len, ARRAY_SIZE(buf) - 1);
> + strncpy(buf, str, len);
> + buf[len] = 0;
> +
> + return kstrtou64(buf, 0, v);
> +}
> +
> +static void __init match_options(const char *cmdline)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
> + int f;
> +
> + if (!regs[i]->val || !regs[i]->mask)
> + continue;
> +
> + for (f = 0; regs[i]->fields[f].name; f++) {
> + u64 v;
> +
> + if (find_field(cmdline, regs[i], f, &v))
> + continue;
> +
> + *regs[i]->val |= (v & 0xf) << regs[i]->fields[f].shift;
> + *regs[i]->mask |= 0xfUL << regs[i]->fields[f].shift;
> + }
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static __init void parse_cmdline(void)
> +{
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE)) {
> + const u8 *prop;
> + void *fdt;
> + int node;
> +
> + fdt = get_early_fdt_ptr();
> + if (!fdt)
> + goto out;
> +
> + node = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
> + if (node < 0)
> + goto out;
> +
> + prop = fdt_getprop(fdt, node, "bootargs", NULL);
> + if (!prop)
> + goto out;
> +
> + match_options(prop);
> +
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND))
> + return;
> + }
> +
> +out:
> + match_options(CONFIG_CMDLINE);
> +}
> +
> +void __init init_shadow_regs(void)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
> + if (regs[i]->val)
> + *regs[i]->val = 0;
> + if (regs[i]->mask)
> + *regs[i]->mask = 0;
> + }
> +
> + parse_cmdline();
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(regs); i++) {
> + if (regs[i]->val)
> + __flush_dcache_area(regs[i]->val, sizeof(*regs[i]->val));
> + if (regs[i]->mask)
> + __flush_dcache_area(regs[i]->mask, sizeof(*regs[i]->mask));
> + }
> +}
> --
> 2.29.2
>