[PATCH v3 7/9] arm64: cpufeature: Track user visible fields

[Suzuki K Poulose]

On 05/01/17 18:06, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 05:49:05PM +0000, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
>> Track the user visible fields of a CPU feature register. This will be
>> used for exposing the value to the userspace. All the user visible
>> fields of a feature register will be passed on as it is, while the
>> others would be filled with their respective safe value.
>>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
>
>> @@ -81,75 +82,75 @@ cpufeature_pan_not_uao(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int __unused)
>>
>>
>>  static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64isar0[] = {
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64ISAR0_RDM_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_ATOMICS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_CRC32_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_SHA2_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_SHA1_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> -	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_AES_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64ISAR0_RDM_SHIFT, 4, 0),

On a second look, I think we should make the RDM field visible to the user space as it
is something useful for the user.

>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_ATOMICS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_CRC32_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_SHA2_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_SHA1_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>> +	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR0_AES_SHIFT, 4, 0),
>
> BTW, as a separate patch I think we need to expose the RDM field in this
> register as well, together with a corresponding HWCAP bit.

OK, I will send a separate patch for this.

Thanks for the review.

Suzuki