[PATCH v2 10/28] arm64/sve: Low-level CPU setup

[Dave Martin]

On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 12:04:12PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> On 05/10/17 11:47, Dave Martin wrote:

[...]

> >>>On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 06:00:42PM +0100, Dave P Martin wrote:
> >>>>diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> >>>>index 877d42f..dd22ef2 100644
> >>>>--- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> >>>>+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S
> >>>>@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> >>>>  #include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
> >>>>  #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
> >>>>  #include <asm/alternative.h>
> >>>>+#include <asm/sysreg.h>
> >>>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
> >>>>  #define TCR_TG_FLAGS	TCR_TG0_64K | TCR_TG1_64K
> >>>>@@ -186,8 +187,17 @@ ENTRY(__cpu_setup)
> >>>>  	tlbi	vmalle1				// Invalidate local TLB
> >>>>  	dsb	nsh
> >>>>-	mov	x0, #3 << 20
> >>>>-	msr	cpacr_el1, x0			// Enable FP/ASIMD
> >>>>+	mov	x0, #3 << 20			// FEN
> >>>>+
> >>>>+	/* SVE */
> >>>>+	mrs	x5, id_aa64pfr0_el1
> >>>>+	ubfx	x5, x5, #ID_AA64PFR0_SVE_SHIFT, #4
> >>>>+	cbz	x5, 1f
> >>>>+
> >>>>+	bic	x0, x0, #CPACR_EL1_ZEN
> >>>>+	orr	x0, x0, #CPACR_EL1_ZEN_EL1EN	// SVE: trap for EL0, not EL1
> >>>>+1:	msr	cpacr_el1, x0			// Enable FP/ASIMD

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> >I can add a helper el1_enable_sve() say, and call it before probing
> >ZCR_EL1 in the cpufeatures code.
> >
> >This makes enabling SVE a side-effect of the cpufeatures code, which
> >I'm not that comfortable with -- it feels like something that later
> >refactoring could easily break.
> >
> >I can also add an explicit call to el1_enable_sve() in sve_setup(),
> >but this only works on the boot cpu.
> >
> >For secondaries, I could add something in secondary_start_kernel(),
> >but this looks incongruous since there's no other call to do something
> >similar yet.
> >
> >
> >** Suzuki, do we have any other case where the trap for a CPU feature is
> >turned off by the cpufeatures code?  If there's already a template for
> >this then I'm happy to follow it.
> 
> The closest thing you have is an "enable" callback for each "available"
> capability, which gets invoked on all CPUs (boot time active CPUs and the
> ones which are brought up later). This is used by things like, PAN to
> do some CPU specific setups.
> 
> See  :
>    enable_cpu_capabilities()  // For all boot time active CPUs
>    and
>    verify_local_cpu_features()  // For CPUs brought up later

That may allow me to do something tidier, provided the enable method is
called early enough.

I'll take a look.

Cheers
---Dave