cpu: add generic support for CPU feature based module autoloading
authorArd Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Sat, 8 Feb 2014 12:34:09 +0000 (13:34 +0100)
committerMark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:00:10 +0000 (18:00 +0100)
commit126ef42a10e491015dcb40477b042db50c3d2acf
tree6b7f441db59cfc742f7d2cd99f46f05304b3321e
parent3d65586ebc11d3919d6fa0de0cd6153b9e399005
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>
(cherry picked from commit 67bad2fdb754dbef14596c0b5d28b3a12c8dfe84)
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>
Conflicts:
drivers/base/cpu.c
drivers/base/Kconfig
drivers/base/cpu.c
include/linux/cpufeature.h [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
scripts/mod/file2alias.c