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Garcia" To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Cc: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, paulus@ozlabs.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, andmike@linux.ibm.com, linuxram@us.ibm.com, bauerman@linux.ibm.com, cclaudio@linux.ibm.com, "Maxiwell S . Garcia" Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] powerpc: Add PowerPC Capabilities ELF note Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:50:20 -0300 Message-Id: <20190829155021.2915-2-maxiwell@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190829155021.2915-1-maxiwell@linux.ibm.com> References: <20190829155021.2915-1-maxiwell@linux.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:,, definitions=2019-08-29_07:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1906280000 definitions=main-1908290168 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Claudio Carvalho Add the PowerPC name and the PPC_ELFNOTE_CAPABILITIES type in the kernel binary ELF note. This type is a bitmap that can be used to advertise kernel capabilities to userland. This patch also defines PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT as being the bit zero. Suggested-by: Paul Mackerras Signed-off-by: Claudio Carvalho [ maxiwell: Define the 'PowerPC' type in the elfnote.h ] Signed-off-by: Maxiwell S. Garcia --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++ arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a201b6e9ae44 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/elfnote.h @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* + * PowerPC ELF notes. + * + * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation + */ + +#ifndef __ASM_POWERPC_ELFNOTE_H__ +#define __ASM_POWERPC_ELFNOTE_H__ + +/* + * These note types should live in a SHT_NOTE segment and have + * "PowerPC" in the name field. + */ + +/* + * The capabilities supported/required by this kernel (bitmap). + * + * This type uses a bitmap as "desc" field. Each bit is described + * in arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S + */ +#define PPC_ELFNOTE_CAPABILITIES 1 + +#endif /* __ASM_POWERPC_ELFNOTE_H__ */ diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile index 56dfa7a2a6f2..0fcd3045284f 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ obj-y := cputable.o ptrace.o syscalls.o \ of_platform.o prom_parse.o obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += setup_64.o sys_ppc32.o \ signal_64.o ptrace32.o \ - paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o + paca.o nvram_64.o firmware.o note.o obj-$(CONFIG_VDSO32) += vdso32/ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_WATCHDOG) += watchdog.o obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT) += hw_breakpoint.o diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bcdad15395dd --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/note.S @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* + * PowerPC ELF notes. + * + * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation + */ + +#include +#include + +/* + * Ultravisor-capable bit (PowerNV only). + * + * Bit 0 indicates that the powerpc kernel binary knows how to run in an + * ultravisor-enabled system. + * + * In an ultravisor-enabled system, some machine resources are now controlled + * by the ultravisor. If the kernel is not ultravisor-capable, but it ends up + * being run on a machine with ultravisor, the kernel will probably crash + * trying to access ultravisor resources. For instance, it may crash in early + * boot trying to set the partition table entry 0. + * + * In an ultravisor-enabled system, a bootloader could warn the user or prevent + * the kernel from being run if the PowerPC ultravisor capability doesn't exist + * or the Ultravisor-capable bit is not set. + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV +#define PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT (1 << 0) +#else +#define PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT 0 +#endif + +/* + * Add the PowerPC Capabilities in the binary ELF note. It is a bitmap that + * can be used to advertise kernel capabilities to userland. + */ +#define PPC_CAPABILITIES_BITMAP (PPCCAP_ULTRAVISOR_BIT) + +ELFNOTE(PowerPC, PPC_ELFNOTE_CAPABILITIES, + .long PPC_CAPABILITIES_BITMAP) -- 2.20.1