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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst index be317d457417..4cb38330e704 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ model features for SME is included in Appendix A. vectors from 0 to VL/8-1 stored in the same endianness invariant format as is used for SVE vectors. -* On thread creation TPIDR2_EL0 is preserved unless CLONE_SETTLS is specified, - in which case it is set to 0. +* On thread creation PSTATE.ZA and TPIDR2_EL0 are preserved unless CLONE_VM + is specified, in which case PSTATE.ZA is set to 0 and TPIDR2_EL0 is set to 0. 2. Vector lengths ------------------ @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ be zeroed. 5. Signal handling ------------------- -* Signal handlers are invoked with streaming mode and ZA disabled. +* Signal handlers are invoked with PSTATE.SM=0, PSTATE.ZA=0, and TPIDR2_EL0=0. * A new signal frame record TPIDR2_MAGIC is added formatted as a struct tpidr2_context to allow access to TPIDR2_EL0 from signal handlers. @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ prctl(PR_SME_SET_VL, unsigned long arg) length, or calling PR_SME_SET_VL with the PR_SME_SET_VL_ONEXEC flag, does not constitute a change to the vector length for this purpose. - * Changing the vector length causes PSTATE.ZA and PSTATE.SM to be cleared. + * Changing the vector length causes PSTATE.ZA to be cleared. Calling PR_SME_SET_VL with vl equal to the thread's current vector length, or calling PR_SME_SET_VL with the PR_SME_SET_VL_ONEXEC flag, does not constitute a change to the vector length for this purpose. @@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_za_header, containing: * Writes to NT_ARM_ZT will set PSTATE.ZA to 1. +* If any register data is provided along with SME_PT_VL_ONEXEC then the + registers data will be interpreted with the current vector length, not + the vector length configured for use on exec. + 8. ELF coredump extensions --------------------------- |