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, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 45e921401b06..f2ac87c613a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -564,6 +564,15 @@ struct x86_cpu_id {
 #define X86_MODEL_ANY  0
 #define X86_FEATURE_ANY 0       /* Same as FPU, you can't test for that */
 
+/*
+ * Generic table type for matching CPU features.
+ * @feature:    the bit number of the feature (0 - 65535)
+ */
+
+struct cpu_feature {
+        __u16   feature;
+};
+
 #define IPACK_ANY_FORMAT 0xff
 #define IPACK_ANY_ID (~0)
 struct ipack_device_id {