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authorPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2024-01-03 04:09:39 -0800
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2024-01-09 20:10:13 -0800
commit7a4749739c5f26daaecbdd46e5ab33b3432c6c40 (patch)
treee5da197756655d7606cf6245d340f19937691b9b /Documentation/arch
parentcbc911392c05762d27b96a376d4be90c5f21f99d (diff)
parentef7d6abb2cf57a18d34b332f0865c4d03bd810a3 (diff)
Merge patch series "RISC-V: hwprobe: Introduce which-cpus"
Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> says: This series introduces a flag for the hwprobe syscall which effectively reverses its behavior from getting the values of keys for a set of cpus to getting the cpus for a set of key-value pairs. * b4-shazam-merge: RISC-V: selftests: Add which-cpus hwprobe test RISC-V: hwprobe: Introduce which-cpus flag RISC-V: Move the hwprobe syscall to its own file RISC-V: hwprobe: Clarify cpus size parameter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231122164700.127954-6-ajones@ventanamicro.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst28
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
index 41463b932268..0ceda71b32ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ is defined in <asm/hwprobe.h>::
};
long sys_riscv_hwprobe(struct riscv_hwprobe *pairs, size_t pair_count,
- size_t cpu_count, cpu_set_t *cpus,
+ size_t cpusetsize, cpu_set_t *cpus,
unsigned int flags);
The arguments are split into three groups: an array of key-value pairs, a CPU
@@ -20,12 +20,26 @@ set, and some flags. The key-value pairs are supplied with a count. Userspace
must prepopulate the key field for each element, and the kernel will fill in the
value if the key is recognized. If a key is unknown to the kernel, its key field
will be cleared to -1, and its value set to 0. The CPU set is defined by
-CPU_SET(3). For value-like keys (eg. vendor/arch/impl), the returned value will
-be only be valid if all CPUs in the given set have the same value. Otherwise -1
-will be returned. For boolean-like keys, the value returned will be a logical
-AND of the values for the specified CPUs. Usermode can supply NULL for cpus and
-0 for cpu_count as a shortcut for all online CPUs. There are currently no flags,
-this value must be zero for future compatibility.
+CPU_SET(3) with size ``cpusetsize`` bytes. For value-like keys (eg. vendor,
+arch, impl), the returned value will only be valid if all CPUs in the given set
+have the same value. Otherwise -1 will be returned. For boolean-like keys, the
+value returned will be a logical AND of the values for the specified CPUs.
+Usermode can supply NULL for ``cpus`` and 0 for ``cpusetsize`` as a shortcut for
+all online CPUs. The currently supported flags are:
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_WHICH_CPUS`: This flag basically reverses the behavior
+ of sys_riscv_hwprobe(). Instead of populating the values of keys for a given
+ set of CPUs, the values of each key are given and the set of CPUs is reduced
+ by sys_riscv_hwprobe() to only those which match each of the key-value pairs.
+ How matching is done depends on the key type. For value-like keys, matching
+ means to be the exact same as the value. For boolean-like keys, matching
+ means the result of a logical AND of the pair's value with the CPU's value is
+ exactly the same as the pair's value. Additionally, when ``cpus`` is an empty
+ set, then it is initialized to all online CPUs which fit within it, i.e. the
+ CPU set returned is the reduction of all the online CPUs which can be
+ represented with a CPU set of size ``cpusetsize``.
+
+All other flags are reserved for future compatibility and must be zero.
On success 0 is returned, on failure a negative error code is returned.