Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe value

From	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe value
Date	2015-10-08 17:10 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 08, 2015 at 12:56:28PM +0100, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> On 08/10/15 12:11, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 06:02:05PM +0100, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> >>@@ -137,13 +138,17 @@ extern struct pmu perf_ops_bp;
> >>  /* Determine number of BRP registers available. */
> >>  static inline int get_num_brps(void)
> >>  {
> >>-	return ((read_cpuid(ID_AA64DFR0_EL1) >> 12) & 0xf) + 1;
> >>+	return 1 +
> >>+		cpuid_feature_extract_field(read_system_reg(SYS_ID_AA64DFR0_EL1),
> >>+						ID_AA64DFR0_BRPS_SHIFT);
> >>  }
> >
> >cpuid_feature_extract_field() is fine but we should we bother with
> >read_system_reg vs just read_cpuid?
> >Similar question for patch 17/22.
> 
> Well, we would have already TAINTed the kernel, if these fields are different.
> It is just the matter of, whether we want to provide the safer value on a tainted
> kernel or not. I am open to suggestions.

Ah, sorry, I mixed read_system_reg() with read_cpu_sysreg(). I think we
need to rename the latter as it gets confusing. Maybe something like
read_native_sys_reg() or __raw_read_system_reg().

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Catalin
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Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe  value Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-10-08 13:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe  value "Suzuki K. Poulose" <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2015-10-08 14:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe  value Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2015-10-08 17:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2 16/22] arm64/debug: Make use of the system wide safe  value "Suzuki K. Poulose" <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2015-10-08 18:00 +0200

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