On 07/03/2015 05:54 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, July 03, 2015 01:51:36 PM Al Stone wrote:
>> On 07/03/2015 08:06 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 05:48:35PM -0600, Al Stone wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
>>>> index 39248d3..a3c26a4 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h
>>>> @@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
>>>>  #include <asm/psci.h>
>>>>  #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
>>>>  
>>>> +/* Macros for consistency checks of the GICC subtable of MADT */
>>>> +#define ACPI_MADT_GICC_51_LENGTH       76
>>>> +#define ACPI_MADT_GICC_60_LENGTH       80
>>>> +
>>>> +#define BAD_MADT_GICC_ENTRY(entry, end) (                                 
>>>>   \
>>>> +          (!entry) || (unsigned long)entry + sizeof(*entry) > end ||  \
>>>> +          ((ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION == ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_51) &&   \
>>>> +           (entry->header.length != ACPI_MADT_GICC_51_LENGTH))    ||  \
>>>> +          ((ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION == ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_60) &&   \
>>>> +           (entry->header.length != ACPI_MADT_GICC_60_LENGTH)))
>>>
>>> This looks ugly but, well, we could live with this.
>>
>> Nod.  It's right at the hairy edge of becoming a function, I think.
>>
>>> However, I'd like to avoid having to extend this macro every time we get
>>> a new spec released, like 6.1 defining another 80 or 84 etc. So, how
>>> about we only update this when there is an actual change in the length?
>>> Something like:
>>>
>>> #define ACPI_MADT_GICC_LENGTH       ({                                      
>>> \
>>>     u8 length;                                                      \
>>>     if (ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION < ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_6_0)        \
>>>             length = 76;                                            \
>>>     else                                                            \
>>>             length = 80;                                            \
>>>     length;                                                         \
>>> })
>>>
>>> or just:
>>>
>>> #define ACPI_MADT_GICC_LENGTH       \
>>>     (ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION < ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_6_0 ? 76 : 80)
>>>
>>> (the latter is simpler but may not look nice if we change it again in
>>> 6.1; though we could re-write this macro when needed, not a problem)
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps the sanity checking for the MADT subtables needs to be revisited
>> and a more general solution provided -- this is not the only MADT subtable
>> with this problem and it may occur again.
>>
>> Even the versions above are not technically compliant with the spec.  If
>> we implement what the spec currently says, it might look something like
>> this:
>>
>> #define ACPI_MADT_GICC_LENGTH ({                                     \
>>      u8 length;                                                      \
>>      switch (ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION) {                               \
>>      case ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_5_0:                                \
>>              length = 40;                                            \
>>              break;                                                  \
>>      case ACPI_FADT_SPEC_VERSION_5_1:                                \
>>              length = 76;                                            \
>>              break;                                                  \
>>      default:        /* use 6.0 size */                              \
>>              length = 80;                                            \
>>      }                                                               \
>>      length;                                                         \
>> })
>>
>> So it's just messy and there will be a need for change.  Let me think about
>> making this a function instead of a macro; it may make sense to really fix
>> BAD_MADT_ENTRY in general instead of just dealing with the GICC subtable,
>> but it could also be overkill.
> 
> So here's my suggestion.
> 
> First, make ARM64 boot with 4.2+ in the simplest way possible.

ACK.

> Second, set out to fix BAD_MADT_ENTRY() etc.  Start with fixing ACPICA to
> distinguish between the different formats depending on the spec version and
> follow up from there.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael

Yup, that's what I was thinking.

-- 
ciao,
al
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Al Stone
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.
[email protected]
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