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, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index ec36e7772e57..3f0d3732df7f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ config GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	bool
 	default n
 
+config HAVE_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	def_bool ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+
+config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	bool
+	depends on !ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	select HAVE_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+
 config SOC_BUS
 	bool