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[9/9] arm64: Add new cpu-return-addr device tree binding

Message ID 4192d403bb9703063c59a052293faa19d38d2f02.1408736066.git.geoff@infradead.org (mailing list archive)
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Geoff Levand Aug. 22, 2014, 7:49 p.m. UTC
Add a new arm64 device tree binding cpu-return-addr.  This binding is recomended
for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary CPU execution will transfer
to upon CPU shutdown.

Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

Comments

Catalin Marinas Aug. 27, 2014, 8:30 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 08:49:17PM +0100, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Add a new arm64 device tree binding cpu-return-addr.  This binding is recomended
> for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
> The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary CPU execution will transfer
> to upon CPU shutdown.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> index 1fe72a0..42d5d5f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> @@ -201,6 +201,15 @@ nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
>  			  property identifying a 64-bit zero-initialised
>  			  memory location.
>  
> +	- cpu-return-addr
> +		Usage: recomended for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an
> +		       "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
> +		Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
> +		Definition:
> +			# On ARM v8 64-bit systems must be a two cell property.
> +			The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary
> +			CPU execution will transfer to upon CPU shutdown.

As I've been away for most of the past four weeks, I haven't read all
the threads around this topic. But I don't think we ended up with a
clearly agreed recommendation for cpu-return-addr. If we do, we also
need to be clear on what state the CPU should be in when returned to
such address (ELx, MMU, caches).

In general, if we need returning to firmware I would strongly recommend
PSCI but I know there is the Applied board which does not have EL3, so
something like this may work. But we need to get them into discussion as
well since I assume cpu-return-addr would be a firmware provided
address.
Geoff Levand Aug. 29, 2014, 9:45 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Catalin,

On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 09:30 +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 08:49:17PM +0100, Geoff Levand wrote:
> > Add a new arm64 device tree binding cpu-return-addr.  This binding is recomended
> > for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
> > The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary CPU execution will transfer
> > to upon CPU shutdown.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > index 1fe72a0..42d5d5f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
> > @@ -201,6 +201,15 @@ nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
> >  			  property identifying a 64-bit zero-initialised
> >  			  memory location.
> >  
> > +	- cpu-return-addr
> > +		Usage: recomended for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an
> > +		       "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
> > +		Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
> > +		Definition:
> > +			# On ARM v8 64-bit systems must be a two cell property.
> > +			The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary
> > +			CPU execution will transfer to upon CPU shutdown.
> 
> As I've been away for most of the past four weeks, I haven't read all
> the threads around this topic. But I don't think we ended up with a
> clearly agreed recommendation for cpu-return-addr. If we do, we also
> need to be clear on what state the CPU should be in when returned to
> such address (ELx, MMU, caches).

Regarding the system state, I think what Mark proposed [1] is what we
should work towards.  I'll add that to the binding's Definition text.

I have not tried to implement it yet though, but once I get it working
and tested we'll be able to say that this is what works and should be
the interface.

[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-August/278910.html

> In general, if we need returning to firmware I would strongly recommend
> PSCI but I know there is the Applied board which does not have EL3, so
> something like this may work. But we need to get them into discussion as
> well since I assume cpu-return-addr would be a firmware provided
> address.

Yes, cpu-return-addr will be (optionally) provided by the firmware.

The current kexec_prepare system call implementation I have checks
the return of cpu_ops.cpu_disable() for all CPUs.  I have setup the
spin-table cpu_disable() to check if the device tree defines a
cpu-return-addr for that CPU.  So if there is no cpu-return-addr
kexec_prepare will fail and the user will get an error on a kernel
load from kexec-tools.

Feng Kan of APM has already said that address O will work correctly
for the APM board [2], and Arun Chandran has tested this.

[2] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-July/273084.html

-Geoff
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
index 1fe72a0..42d5d5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,15 @@  nodes to be present and contain the properties described below.
 			  property identifying a 64-bit zero-initialised
 			  memory location.
 
+	- cpu-return-addr
+		Usage: recomended for all ARM v8 CPUs that have an
+		       "enable-method" property value of "spin-table".
+		Value type: <prop-encoded-array>
+		Definition:
+			# On ARM v8 64-bit systems must be a two cell property.
+			The value is a 64 bit physical address that secondary
+			CPU execution will transfer to upon CPU shutdown.
+
 	- qcom,saw
 		Usage: required for systems that have an "enable-method"
 		       property value of "qcom,kpss-acc-v1" or
@@ -285,6 +294,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x0>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@1 {
@@ -293,6 +303,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x1>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100 {
@@ -301,6 +312,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x100>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@101 {
@@ -309,6 +321,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x101>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@10000 {
@@ -317,6 +330,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x10000>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@10001 {
@@ -325,6 +339,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x10001>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@10100 {
@@ -333,6 +348,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x10100>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@10101 {
@@ -341,6 +357,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x0 0x10101>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100000000 {
@@ -349,6 +366,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x0>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100000001 {
@@ -357,6 +375,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x1>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100000100 {
@@ -365,6 +384,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x100>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100000101 {
@@ -373,6 +393,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x101>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100010000 {
@@ -381,6 +402,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x10000>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100010001 {
@@ -389,6 +411,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x10001>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100010100 {
@@ -397,6 +420,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x10100>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 
 	cpu@100010101 {
@@ -405,6 +429,7 @@  cpus {
 		reg = <0x1 0x10101>;
 		enable-method = "spin-table";
 		cpu-release-addr = <0 0x20000000>;
+		cpu-return-addr = <0 0x20001000>
 	};
 };