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| author | Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> | 2017-10-31 15:51:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> | 2017-11-03 15:24:19 +0000 |
| commit | 2d2123bc7c7f843aa9db87720de159a049839862 (patch) | |
| tree | cc8ad3cccc8d8156382edbf512c4cf1af1d27978 /arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | |
| parent | 43d4da2c45b2f5d62f8a79ff7c6f95089bb24656 (diff) | |
| download | op-kernel-dev-2d2123bc7c7f843aa9db87720de159a049839862.zip op-kernel-dev-2d2123bc7c7f843aa9db87720de159a049839862.tar.gz | |
arm64/sve: Add prctl controls for userspace vector length management
This patch adds two arm64-specific prctls, to permit userspace to
control its vector length:
* PR_SVE_SET_VL: set the thread's SVE vector length and vector
length inheritance mode.
* PR_SVE_GET_VL: get the same information.
Although these prctls resemble instruction set features in the SVE
architecture, they provide additional control: the vector length
inheritance mode is Linux-specific and nothing to do with the
architecture, and the architecture does not permit EL0 to set its
own vector length directly. Both can be used in portable tools
without requiring the use of SVE instructions.
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
[will: Fixed up prctl constants to avoid clash with PDEATHSIG]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h index c6fddb0..023cacb 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h @@ -217,5 +217,9 @@ static inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *ptr) int cpu_enable_pan(void *__unused); int cpu_enable_cache_maint_trap(void *__unused); +/* Userspace interface for PR_SVE_{SET,GET}_VL prctl()s: */ +#define SVE_SET_VL(arg) sve_set_current_vl(arg) +#define SVE_GET_VL() sve_get_current_vl() + #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ #endif /* __ASM_PROCESSOR_H */ |
