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)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:38:37 +0000 (12:38 -0800)
commit67bad2fdb754dbef14596c0b5d28b3a12c8dfe84
tree05c3cd5f809618319346f9642549460f95149f02
parent91219a3b20325689eb80f7598cce2dc745db171d
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>
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