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author | Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> | 2014-02-08 13:34:09 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-02-18 12:38:37 -0800 |
commit | 67bad2fdb754dbef14596c0b5d28b3a12c8dfe84 (patch) | |
tree | 05c3cd5f809618319346f9642549460f95149f02 /scripts/mod | |
parent | 91219a3b20325689eb80f7598cce2dc745db171d (diff) | |
download | linux-67bad2fdb754dbef14596c0b5d28b3a12c8dfe84.tar.bz2 |
cpu: add generic support for CPU feature based module autoloading
This patch adds support for advertising optional CPU features over udev
using the modalias, and for declaring compatibility with/dependency upon
such a feature in a module.
The mapping between feature numbers and actual features should be provided
by the architecture in a file called <asm/cpufeature.h> which exports the
following functions/macros:
- cpu_feature(FEAT), a preprocessor macro that maps token FEAT to a
numeric index;
- bool cpu_have_feature(n), returning whether this CPU has support for
feature #n;
- MAX_CPU_FEATURES, an upper bound for 'n' in the previous function.
The feature can then be enabled by setting CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
for the architecture.
For instance, a module that registers its module init function using
module_cpu_feature_match(FEAT_X, module_init_function)
will be probed automatically when the CPU's support for the 'FEAT_X'
feature is advertised over udev, and will only allow the module to be
loaded by hand if the 'FEAT_X' feature is supported.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/mod')
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c index bb5d115ca671..f282516acc7b 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c +++ b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ int main(void) DEVID_FIELD(x86_cpu_id, model); DEVID_FIELD(x86_cpu_id, vendor); + DEVID(cpu_feature); + DEVID_FIELD(cpu_feature, feature); + DEVID(mei_cl_device_id); DEVID_FIELD(mei_cl_device_id, name); diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c index 25e5cb0aaef6..506146e5f4a8 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c +++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c @@ -1135,6 +1135,16 @@ static int do_x86cpu_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, } ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("x86cpu", x86_cpu_id, do_x86cpu_entry); +/* LOOKS like cpu:type:*:feature:*FEAT* */ +static int do_cpu_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias) +{ + DEF_FIELD(symval, cpu_feature, feature); + + sprintf(alias, "cpu:type:*:feature:*%04X*", feature); + return 1; +} +ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("cpu", cpu_feature, do_cpu_entry); + /* Looks like: mei:S */ static int do_mei_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias) |