Re: [PATCH v4 19/26] arm64: Add support for GICv5 GSB barriers

Lorenzo Pieralisi
2025-05-28T14:34:18Z

On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 02:17:30PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2025 19:48:12 +0200
> Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > The GICv5 architecture introduces two barriers instructions
> > (GSB SYS, GSB ACK) that are used to manage interrupt effects.
> >
> > Rework macro used to emit the SB barrier instruction and implement
> > the GSB barriers on top of it.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 3 +++
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 10 +++++++---
> > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> > index 1ca947d5c93963d33fe8fb02d6037fc71bd9fd7a..f5801b0ba9e9e7e0433f16ffedf0ec7dfb3e358e 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
> > @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
> > SB_BARRIER_INSN"nop\n", \
> > ARM64_HAS_SB))
> >
> > +#define gsb_ack() asm volatile(GSB_ACK_BARRIER_INSN : : : "memory")
> > +#define gsb_sys() asm volatile(GSB_SYS_BARRIER_INSN : : : "memory")
> > +
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PSEUDO_NMI
> > #define pmr_sync() \
> > do { \
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> > index 2639d3633073de10f5040a7efff059021f847530..e7734f90bb723bfbd8be99f16dd6d6fdc7fa57e8 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> > @@ -112,10 +112,14 @@
> > /* Register-based PAN access, for save/restore purposes */
> > #define SYS_PSTATE_PAN sys_reg(3, 0, 4, 2, 3)
> >
> > -#define __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(CRm, op2, Rt) \
> > - __emit_inst(0xd5000000 | sys_insn(0, 3, 3, (CRm), (op2)) | ((Rt) & 0x1f))
> > +#define __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(op0, op1, CRn, CRm, op2, Rt) \
> > + __emit_inst(0xd5000000 | \
> > + sys_insn((op0), (op1), (CRn), (CRm), (op2)) | \
> > + ((Rt) & 0x1f))
>
> Perhaps indent as something like the following for readbility?
> #define __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(op0, op1, CRn, CRm, op2, Rt) \
> __emit_inst(0xd5000000 | \
> sys_insn((op0), (op1), (CRn), (CRm), (op2)) | \
> ((Rt) & 0x1f))
>

I can do - even though readability is subjective, this looks nicer to
me but if possible I'd avoid the churn required if I change it and then
it is not readable for other people.

Noted.

Thanks,
Lorenzo

> >
> > -#define SB_BARRIER_INSN __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(0, 7, 31)
> > +#define SB_BARRIER_INSN __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(0, 3, 3, 0, 7, 31)
> > +#define GSB_SYS_BARRIER_INSN __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(1, 0, 12, 0, 0, 31)
> > +#define GSB_ACK_BARRIER_INSN __SYS_BARRIER_INSN(1, 0, 12, 0, 1, 31)
> >
> > #define SYS_DC_ISW sys_insn(1, 0, 7, 6, 2)
> > #define SYS_DC_IGSW sys_insn(1, 0, 7, 6, 4)
> >
>