From: Suzuki.Poulose@arm•com (Suzuki K. Poulose)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv3 08/11] arm64: Check for selected granule support
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:02:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <561FC00C.7010003@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <561FBC99.9090501@arm.com>
On 15/10/15 15:47, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> On 10/15/2015 06:25 AM, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
>> + /*
>> + * Check to see if the CPU supports the requested pagesize
>> + */
>> + asm volatile("mrs %0, ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1" : "=r" (aa64mmfr0_el1));
>> + aa64mmfr0_el1 >>= ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_SHIFT;
>> + if ((aa64mmfr0_el1 & 0xf) != ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_SUPPORTED) {
>> + pr_efi_err(sys_table_arg, PAGE_SIZE_STR" granule not supported by the CPU\n");
>> + return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
>> + }
>
>
> This is definitely an improvement over my original hack job.
>
> I would like to add, that I actually think this should be in a new function
> "check_kernel_compatibility" (or whatever) that is called before handle_kernel_image.
>
> That is because I don't really think it belongs in handle_kernel_image which is
> focused on relocation. Plus, if you add another function, you can avoid the
> "Failed to relocate kernel" error that comes out following the granule not supported message.
> Further, checks like this in the future will have a place to live.
>
> Of course you will then need a matching stubbed out function for the normal arm kernel as well.
OK, I will drop it from this series then and can be worked as a separate patch.
Thanks
Suzuki
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-14 11:20 [PATCHv3 00/11] arm64: 16K translation granule support Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 01/11] arm64: Move swapper pagetable definitions Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:42 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 12:41 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 02/11] arm64: Handle section maps for swapper/idmap Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 12:06 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 13:21 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 14:51 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 15:08 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 15:14 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 03/11] arm64: Introduce helpers for page table levels Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:07 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 9:35 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 10:37 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 11:40 ` Christoffer Dall
2015-10-15 11:37 ` Christoffer Dall
2015-10-15 12:44 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 13:14 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 13:30 ` Christoffer Dall
2015-10-15 13:48 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 14:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 04/11] arm64: Calculate size for idmap_pg_dir at compile time Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:12 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 05/11] arm64: Handle 4 level page table for swapper Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:15 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 06/11] arm64: Clean config usages for page size Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 07/11] arm64: Kconfig: Fix help text about AArch32 support with 64K pages Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:16 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 08/11] arm64: Check for selected granule support Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:24 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 17:32 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 9:45 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 10:39 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-14 21:13 ` Jeremy Linton
2015-10-15 9:48 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 10:45 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 11:25 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 12:37 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 12:58 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-16 8:03 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-10-15 14:47 ` Jeremy Linton
2015-10-15 15:02 ` Suzuki K. Poulose [this message]
2015-10-15 15:11 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-16 8:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 09/11] arm64: Add page size to the kernel image header Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 17:27 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 9:19 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 10/11] arm64: Add 16K page size support Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 15:40 ` Jeremy Linton
2015-10-14 15:53 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 14:06 ` Mark Rutland
2015-10-15 14:48 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-15 15:36 ` Steve Capper
2015-10-15 15:48 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2015-10-14 11:20 ` [PATCHv3 11/11] arm64: 36 bit VA Suzuki K. Poulose
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