Re: [PATCH RFC v3 13/21] ACPICA: Add new MADT GICC flags fields

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Fri Dec 15 2023 - 11:23:44 EST


On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:50:18 +0000
Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
>
> Add the new flag field to the MADT's GICC structure.
>
> 'Online Capable' indicates a disabled CPU can be enabled later. See
> ACPI specification 6.5 Tabel 5.37: GICC CPU Interface Flags.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Miguel Luis <miguel.luis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Vishnu Pajjuri <vishnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I see there is an acpica pull request including this bit but with a different name
For reference.
https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/914/commits/453a5f67567786522021d5f6913f561f8b3cabf6

+CC Lorenzo who submitted that.

> ---
> This patch probably needs to go via the upstream acpica project,
> but is included here so the feature can be tested.
>
> If the ACPICA header files are updated before merging this patch set,
> this patch will need to be dropped.
>
> Changes since RFC v2:
> * Add ACPI specification reference.
> ---
> include/acpi/actbl2.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/acpi/actbl2.h b/include/acpi/actbl2.h
> index 3751ae69432f..c433a079d8e1 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/actbl2.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/actbl2.h
> @@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ struct acpi_madt_generic_interrupt {
> /* ACPI_MADT_ENABLED (1) Processor is usable if set */
> #define ACPI_MADT_PERFORMANCE_IRQ_MODE (1<<1) /* 01: Performance Interrupt Mode */
> #define ACPI_MADT_VGIC_IRQ_MODE (1<<2) /* 02: VGIC Maintenance Interrupt mode */
> +#define ACPI_MADT_GICC_CPU_CAPABLE (1<<3) /* 03: CPU is online capable */

ACPI_MADT_GICC_ONLINE_CAPABLE

>
> /* 12: Generic Distributor (ACPI 5.0 + ACPI 6.0 changes) */
>