Re: [PATCH 1/3] s390/cpufeature: rework to allow more than only hwcap bits

[Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.ibm.com>]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:52:25PM +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > > > +static struct s390_cpu_feature s390_cpu_features[MAX_CPU_FEATURES] = {
> > > > +	[S390_CPU_FEATURE_ESAN3]	= {.type = TYPE_HWCAP, .num = HWCAP_NR_ESAN3},
> > > > +	[S390_CPU_FEATURE_ZARCH]	= {.type = TYPE_HWCAP, .num = HWCAP_NR_ZARCH},
> ...
> > > I only realized now that you added all HWCAP bits here. It was
> > > intentional that I added only the two bits which are currently used
> > > for several reasons:
> > > 
> > > - Keep the array as small as possible.
> > > - No need to keep this array in sync with HWCAPs, if new ones are added.
> > > - There is a for loop in print_cpu_modalias() which iterates over all
> > >    MAX_CPU_FEATURES entries; this should be as fast as possible. Adding
> > >    extra entries burns cycles for no added value.
> > The loop in print_cpu_modalias() was the reason why I added all
> > current HWCAPs. The current implementation runs through all HWCAPs
> > using cpu_have_feature() and I feared that reducing to just MSA and
> > VXRS has effects in the reporting of CPU-features to userspace.
> > 
> > I double checked the output of 'grep features /proc/cpuinfo' and it
> > stays the same, for 5.19-rc6, 5.19-rc6+this series, 5.19-rc6+this series
> > with just the two S390_CPU_FEATUREs. I might have misunderstood what happens
> > in that loop in print_cpu_modalias().
> 
> It is used on cpu hotplug to generate a MODALIAS environment
> variable. You can check that by running "udevadm monitor -p"
> and then switching a cpu off/on.
> 
> This environment variable is then used by systemd/udev to load
> feature matching modules via kmod.

See also some notes on the cpu feature in KRN1305 spec (introduced w/ VX
support).