ARM: multi-cluster aware boot protocol
From: | Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> | |
To: | linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org | |
Subject: | [PATCH v3 0/5] ARM: multi-cluster aware boot protocol | |
Date: | Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:46:49 +0000 | |
Message-ID: | <1352983614-22924-1-git-send-email-lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> | |
Cc: | Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@arm.com>, Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>, Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>, Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>, Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>, Pawel Moll <Pawel.Moll@arm.com>, Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>, Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@arm.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>, Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@linaro.org>, Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>, Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@samsung.com>, Rob Herring <rob.herring@calxeda.com>, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>, David Brown <davidb@codeaurora.org>, Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com> | |
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This series is v3, referred to this previous posting: http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/201... Changes in v3: - Fixed compatible string list format and vendors in Documentation - Added check for MPIDR duplicates in the DT - Added is_smp() check before reading the MPIDR in smp_setup_processor_id() and also arm_dt_init_cpu_maps() - Added check for 8 MSBs in arm_dt_init_cpu_maps() - Updated comments and commit logs Changes in v2: - Reworded and added compatible property to cpus.txt - Replaced while loop in arm_dt_init_cpu_maps() with a combination of of_find_node_by_path and for_each_child_of_node - Replaced of_get_property with of_property_read_u32 - Added further checks for DT /cpu nodes and implemented stashed array to avoid overwriting the cpu_logical_map if DT contains errors - Added GIC CPU IF define in the GIC probing code - Removed printk for boot CPU MPIDR and added a patch that prints the full extent of MPIDR in smp_setup_processor_id() - Updated smp_setup_processor_id() so that it uses nr_cpu_ids - Dropped RFC tag The introduction of multi-cluster ARM systems in SoC designs requires the kernel to become cluster aware, so that it can be booted on every CPU in the system and it can build an appropriate HW-to-logical cpu map. Current code in the kernel, in particular the boot sequence, hinges upon a sequential mapping of MPIDR values for cpus and related interrupt controller CPU interfaces to logical cpu indexing. This hypothesis is not valid when the concept of cluster is introduced since the MPIDR cannot be represented as a single index and interrupt controller CPU interfaces can be wired with a numbering scheme following per-SoC design parameters which can be only detected through probing or device tree representation. Through the device tree and "cpu" nodes bindings, the kernel is provided with HW values for MPIDR registers that allow the kernel to identify the HW CPU ids that are present in the platform. The GIC code has been extended to allow automatic detection of GIC CPU IF ids at boot. IPIs are broadcast to all possible CPUs, and every time a secondary CPU is booted, it initializes its own mask and clears itself from the mask of all other logical CPUs. The device tree bindings and GIC probing allow to boot the Linux kernel on any CPU of a multi-cluster system without relying on a platform specific hook to identify the number of CPUs and hypothesis on the sequential pattern of MPIDRs and relative GIC CPU IF ids. Pen release code for all converted platforms will need patching to extend the current MPIDR range check; this will take place as soon as the bindings and code for the multi-cluster boot protocol will be reviewed and accepted. The patchset has been tested on: - TC2 testchip to boot a 5-core dual-cluster system on every possible CPU. Lorenzo Pieralisi (4): ARM: kernel: smp_setup_processor_id() updates ARM: kernel: add device tree init map function ARM: kernel: add cpu logical map DT init in setup_arch ARM: kernel: add logical mappings look-up Nicolas Pitre (1): ARM: gic: use a private mapping for CPU target interfaces Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm/common/gic.c | 45 +++++++++--- arch/arm/include/asm/prom.h | 2 + arch/arm/include/asm/smp_plat.h | 17 +++++ arch/arm/kernel/devtree.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm/kernel/setup.c | 8 ++- 6 files changed, 237 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/cpus.txt -- 1.7.12