Re: git: 288ba78edcfd - main - dev/psci: Check for functions before calling

From: Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists_at_lists.zabbadoz.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:48:12 UTC
On Wed, 25 Jun 2025, Mark Millard wrote:

> Andrew Turner <andrew_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote on
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:22:51 UTC :
>
>> The branch main has been updated by andrew:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=288ba78edcfd82b4b558a46fae78e4076acbe200
>>
>> commit 288ba78edcfd82b4b558a46fae78e4076acbe200
>> Author: Andrew Turner <andrew@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2025-06-24 16:47:28 +0000
>> Commit: Andrew Turner <andrew@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2025-06-24 17:45:42 +0000
>>
>> dev/psci: Check for functions before calling
>>
>> In the SMCCC TRNG and Errata ABI drivers check if the version
>> functions are implemented before calling them. Without this the firmware
>> may complain about an unimplemented function being called.
>>
>> Reported by: bz
>> Reviewed by: bz
>> Sponsored by: Arm Ltd
>> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50978
>> ---
>
>
> I wonder if a debug mode or verbose mode should report
> the != SMCCC_RET_SUCCESS cases for smccc_arch_features.
> If this change had already been in place, the older
> status might not have been noticed. As bz wrote
> elsewhere:
>
> "That said seems like it's still a good idea to add
> these bits to my TF-A."
>
> Having a way to check on if a TF-A instance is too
> old to have a known status for handling things that
> are now requested could be a good thing.

Please read the comments on the review.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7