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>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 25e5cb0aaef6..506146e5f4a8 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -1135,6 +1135,16 @@ static int do_x86cpu_entry(const char *filename, void *symval,
 }
 ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("x86cpu", x86_cpu_id, do_x86cpu_entry);
 
+/* LOOKS like cpu:type:*:feature:*FEAT* */
+static int do_cpu_entry(const char *filename, void *symval, char *alias)
+{
+	DEF_FIELD(symval, cpu_feature, feature);
+
+	sprintf(alias, "cpu:type:*:feature:*%04X*", feature);
+	return 1;
+}
+ADD_TO_DEVTABLE("cpu", cpu_feature, do_cpu_entry);
+
 /* Looks like: mei:S */
 static int do_mei_entry(const char *filename, void *symval,
 			char *alias)