[RFC PATCH 1/4] ARM: kernel: add device tree init map function

Lorenzo Pieralisi lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com
Wed Oct 17 06:48:41 EDT 2012


Hi Rob,

thanks for having a look.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 09:42:43PM +0100, Rob Herring wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 08:21 AM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > When booting through a device tree, the kernel cpu logical id map can be
> > initialized using device tree data passed by FW or through an embedded blob.
> > 
> > This patch adds a function that parses device tree "cpu" nodes and
> > retrieves the corresponding CPUs hardware identifiers (MPIDR).
> > It sets the possible cpus and the cpu logical map values according to
> > the number of CPUs defined in the device tree and respective properties.
> > 
> > The primary CPU is assigned cpu logical number 0 to keep the current
> > convention valid.
> > 
> > Current bindings documentation is included in the patch:
> > 
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h                    |  2 ++
> >  arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c                      | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 91 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..897f3b4
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
> > +* ARM CPUs binding description
> > +
> > +The device tree allows to describe the layout of CPUs in a system through
> > +the "cpus" node, which in turn contains a number of subnodes (ie "cpu")
> > +defining properties for every cpu.
> > +
> > +Bindings for CPU nodes follow the ePAPR standard, available from:
> > +
> > +http://devicetree.org
> > +
> > +For the ARM architecture every CPU node must contain the following property:
> > +
> > +- reg : property defining the CPU MPIDR[23:0] register bits
> 
> defining or matching the MPIDR?

I would say matching, otherwise it reads as if the MPIDR were writable.

> > +
> > +Every cpu node is required to set its device_type to "cpu".
> 
> This is a bit questionable as device_type is deprecated for FDT.
> However, since the ePAPR defines using it
> 
> You should add a compatible property for the cpu model.

Ok, I will.

> > +
> > +Example:
> > +
> > +	cpus {
> > +		#size-cells = <0>;
> > +		#address-cells = <1>;
> > +
> > +		CPU0: cpu at 0 {
> > +			device_type = "cpu";
> > +			reg = <0x0>;
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		CPU1: cpu at 1 {
> > +			device_type = "cpu";
> > +			reg = <0x1>;
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		CPU2: cpu at 100 {
> > +			device_type = "cpu";
> > +			reg = <0x100>;
> > +		};
> > +
> > +		CPU3: cpu at 101 {
> > +			device_type = "cpu";
> > +			reg = <0x101>;
> > +		};
> > +	};
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h
> > index aeae9c6..8dd51dc 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h
> > @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> >  
> >  extern struct machine_desc *setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys);
> >  extern void arm_dt_memblock_reserve(void);
> > +extern void __init arm_dt_init_cpu_maps(void);
> >  
> >  #else /* CONFIG_OF */
> >  
> > @@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ static inline struct machine_desc *setup_machine_fdt(unsigned int dt_phys)
> >  }
> >  
> >  static inline void arm_dt_memblock_reserve(void) { }
> > +static inline void arm_dt_init_cpu_maps(void) { }
> >  
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
> >  #endif /* ASMARM_PROM_H */
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
> > index bee7f9d..c86e414 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c
> > @@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
> >  #include <linux/of_irq.h>
> >  #include <linux/of_platform.h>
> >  
> > +#include <asm/cputype.h>
> >  #include <asm/setup.h>
> >  #include <asm/page.h>
> > +#include <asm/smp_plat.h>
> >  #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
> >  #include <asm/mach-types.h>
> >  
> > @@ -61,6 +63,51 @@ void __init arm_dt_memblock_reserve(void)
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * arm_dt_init_cpu_maps - Function retrieves cpu nodes from the device tree
> > + * and builds the cpu logical map array containing MPIDR values related to
> > + * logical cpus
> > + *
> > + * Updates the cpu possible mask with the number of parsed cpu nodes
> > + */
> > +void __init arm_dt_init_cpu_maps(void)
> > +{
> > +	struct device_node *dn = NULL;
> > +	int i, cpu = 1;
> > +
> > +	while ((dn = of_find_node_by_type(dn, "cpu")) && cpu <= nr_cpu_ids) {
> 
> I think all /cpu nodes would have the right type. You could use
> for_each_child_of_node here.

Starting from /cpus, looked-up by path, right ?

> > +		const u32 *hwid;
> > +		int len;
> > +
> > +		pr_debug("  * %s...\n", dn->full_name);
> > +
> > +		hwid = of_get_property(dn, "reg", &len);
> > +
> 
> Use of_property_read_u32.

Ok.

Thanks,
Lorenzo




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