[PATCH] arm64: Get rid of struct cpu_table

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri Mar 13 07:03:56 PDT 2015


Hey Ard,

On 13/03/15 13:33, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 13 March 2015 at 13:02, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
>> struct cpu_table is an artifact left from the (very) early days of
>> the arm64 port, and its only real use is to allow the most beautiful
>> "AArch64 Processor" string to be displayed at boot time.
>>
> 
> Heh, I looked at that code and assumed it was there for a reason.
> Apparently not :-)

So did I, until I actually realised what it did... ;-)

> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>

Thanks.

> Some comments below.
> 
>> Really? Yes, really.
>>
>> Let's get rid of it. In order to avoid another BogoMips-gate, the
>> aforementioned string is preserved.
>>
>> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h | 30 -------------------
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile        |  2 +-
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c   |  4 ---
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c      | 33 ---------------------
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S          | 61 ++++-----------------------------------
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c         | 16 ++--------
>>  6 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)
>>  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h
>>  delete mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h
>> deleted file mode 100644
>> index e3bd983..0000000
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h
>> +++ /dev/null
>> @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
>> -/*
>> - * arch/arm64/include/asm/cputable.h
>> - *
>> - * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
>> - *
>> - * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>> - * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> - *
>> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> - *
>> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> - * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>> - */
>> -#ifndef __ASM_CPUTABLE_H
>> -#define __ASM_CPUTABLE_H
>> -
>> -struct cpu_info {
>> -       unsigned int    cpu_id_val;
>> -       unsigned int    cpu_id_mask;
>> -       const char      *cpu_name;
>> -       unsigned long   (*cpu_setup)(void);
>> -};
>> -
>> -extern struct cpu_info *lookup_processor_type(unsigned int);
>> -
>> -#endif
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
>> index 5ee07ee..d5e7074 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
>> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_insn.o = -pg
>>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_return_address.o = -pg
>>
>>  # Object file lists.
>> -arm64-obj-y            := cputable.o debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o   \
>> +arm64-obj-y            := debug-monitors.o entry.o irq.o fpsimd.o              \
>>                            entry-fpsimd.o process.o ptrace.o setup.o signal.o   \
>>                            sys.o stacktrace.o time.o traps.o io.o vdso.o        \
>>                            hyp-stub.o psci.o psci-call.o cpu_ops.o insn.o       \
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> index f7fa65d..14dd3d1 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
>>  #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>>  #include <asm/thread_info.h>
>>  #include <asm/memory.h>
>> -#include <asm/cputable.h>
>>  #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
>>  #include <asm/suspend.h>
>>  #include <asm/vdso_datapage.h>
>> @@ -71,9 +70,6 @@ int main(void)
>>    BLANK();
>>    DEFINE(PAGE_SZ,              PAGE_SIZE);
>>    BLANK();
>> -  DEFINE(CPU_INFO_SZ,          sizeof(struct cpu_info));
>> -  DEFINE(CPU_INFO_SETUP,       offsetof(struct cpu_info, cpu_setup));
>> -  BLANK();
>>    DEFINE(DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL,    DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
>>    DEFINE(DMA_TO_DEVICE,                DMA_TO_DEVICE);
>>    DEFINE(DMA_FROM_DEVICE,      DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c
>> deleted file mode 100644
>> index fd3993c..0000000
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c
>> +++ /dev/null
>> @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
>> -/*
>> - * arch/arm64/kernel/cputable.c
>> - *
>> - * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
>> - *
>> - * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> - * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>> - * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> - *
>> - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> - * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> - *
>> - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> - * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>> - */
>> -
>> -#include <linux/init.h>
>> -
>> -#include <asm/cputable.h>
>> -
>> -extern unsigned long __cpu_setup(void);
>> -
>> -struct cpu_info cpu_table[] = {
>> -       {
>> -               .cpu_id_val     = 0x000f0000,
>> -               .cpu_id_mask    = 0x000f0000,
>> -               .cpu_name       = "AArch64 Processor",
>> -               .cpu_setup      = __cpu_setup,
>> -       },
>> -       { /* Empty */ },
>> -};
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> index 8ce88e0..3ef9cbc 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> @@ -245,22 +245,12 @@ ENTRY(stext)
>>         bl      __calc_phys_offset              // x24=PHYS_OFFSET, x28=PHYS_OFFSET-PAGE_OFFSET
>>         bl      set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
>>         mrs     x22, midr_el1                   // x22=cpuid
>> -       mov     x0, x22
>> -       bl      lookup_processor_type
>> -       mov     x23, x0                         // x23=current cpu_table
>> -       /*
>> -        * __error_p may end up out of range for cbz if text areas are
>> -        * aligned up to section sizes.
>> -        */
>> -       cbnz    x23, 1f                         // invalid processor (x23=0)?
>> -       b       __error_p
>> -1:
>> +
>>         bl      __vet_fdt
>>         bl      __create_page_tables            // x25=TTBR0, x26=TTBR1
>>         /*
>>          * The following calls CPU specific code in a position independent
>> -        * manner. See arch/arm64/mm/proc.S for details. x23 = base of
>> -        * cpu_info structure selected by lookup_processor_type above.
>> +        * manner. See arch/arm64/mm/proc.S for details.
>>          * On return, the CPU will be ready for the MMU to be turned on and
>>          * the TCR will have been set.
>>          */
>> @@ -268,8 +258,8 @@ ENTRY(stext)
>>                                                 // MMU has been enabled
>>         adrp    lr, __enable_mmu                // return (PIC) address
>>         add     lr, lr, #:lo12:__enable_mmu
>> -       ldr     x12, [x23, #CPU_INFO_SETUP]
>> -       add     x12, x12, x28                   // __virt_to_phys
>> +       adrp    x12, __cpu_setup
>> +       add     x12, x12, #:lo12:__cpu_setup
>>         br      x12                             // initialise processor
> 
> b __cpu_setup ?

Yeah, it is unlikely that the kernel will soon grow to be bigger than
128MB...

>>  ENDPROC(stext)
>>
>> @@ -634,14 +624,10 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup)
>>          * Common entry point for secondary CPUs.
>>          */
>>         mrs     x22, midr_el1                   // x22=cpuid
>> -       mov     x0, x22
>> -       bl      lookup_processor_type
>> -       mov     x23, x0                         // x23=current cpu_table
>> -       cbz     x23, __error_p                  // invalid processor (x23=0)?
>>
>>         pgtbl   x25, x26, x28                   // x25=TTBR0, x26=TTBR1
>> -       ldr     x12, [x23, #CPU_INFO_SETUP]
>> -       add     x12, x12, x28                   // __virt_to_phys
>> +       adrp    x12, __cpu_setup
>> +       add     x12, x12, #:lo12:__cpu_setup
>>         blr     x12                             // initialise processor
>>
> 
> bl __cpu_setup ?

Yup, same. I'll fix that.

Thanks,

	M.
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