[PATCH 16/24] arm64: cpucaps: Add GCIE capability
Lorenzo Pieralisi
lpieralisi at kernel.org
Tue Apr 8 08:02:53 PDT 2025
On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 12:26:11PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 12:50:15PM +0200, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > Implement the GCIE capability as a strict boot cpu capability to
> > detect whether architectural GICv5 support is available in HW.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
>
> This looks good; I have a minor consistency/bikeshedding concern below.
>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 +++++++
> > arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > index 9c4d6d552b25cb3a31d1fb267bd73d3f82513e69..8c60591633f3d435ad9b80a10e484f26af328964 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > @@ -3041,6 +3041,13 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_features[] = {
> > .matches = has_pmuv3,
> > },
> > #endif
> > + {
> > + .desc = "GCIE",
> > + .type = ARM64_CPUCAP_STRICT_BOOT_CPU_FEATURE,
> > + .capability = ARM64_HAS_GCIE,
> > + .matches = has_cpuid_feature,
> > + ARM64_CPUID_FIELDS(ID_AA64PFR2_EL1, GCIE, IMP)
> > + },
>
> I reckon it's worth making the desc a bit clearer, e.g. "GICv5 CPU
> interface".
>
> It might be worth cleaning up the existing ARM64_HAS_GIC_CPUIF_SYSREGS
> feature, e.g. making that have "GICv3 CPU interface" as its desc.
>
> Likewise, could make the names consistent, e.g. have:
>
> ARM64_HAS_GICV3_CPUIF
> ARM64_HAS_GICV5_CPUIF
>
> ... ?
This makes sense to me, I will do it in preparation for v2.
Thanks,
Lorenzo
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