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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt160
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/memory.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arm64/sve.txt508
5 files changed, 690 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
index dad411d635d8..bd9b3faab2c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
@@ -110,10 +110,20 @@ infrastructure:
x--------------------------------------------------x
| Name | bits | visible |
|--------------------------------------------------|
- | RES0 | [63-32] | n |
+ | RES0 | [63-48] | n |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | DP | [47-44] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SM4 | [43-40] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SM3 | [39-36] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SHA3 | [35-32] | y |
|--------------------------------------------------|
| RDM | [31-28] | y |
|--------------------------------------------------|
+ | RES0 | [27-24] | n |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
| ATOMICS | [23-20] | y |
|--------------------------------------------------|
| CRC32 | [19-16] | y |
@@ -132,7 +142,11 @@ infrastructure:
x--------------------------------------------------x
| Name | bits | visible |
|--------------------------------------------------|
- | RES0 | [63-28] | n |
+ | RES0 | [63-36] | n |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | SVE | [35-32] | y |
+ |--------------------------------------------------|
+ | RES0 | [31-28] | n |
|--------------------------------------------------|
| GIC | [27-24] | n |
|--------------------------------------------------|
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89edba12a9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+ARM64 ELF hwcaps
+================
+
+This document describes the usage and semantics of the arm64 ELF hwcaps.
+
+
+1. Introduction
+---------------
+
+Some hardware or software features are only available on some CPU
+implementations, and/or with certain kernel configurations, but have no
+architected discovery mechanism available to userspace code at EL0. The
+kernel exposes the presence of these features to userspace through a set
+of flags called hwcaps, exposed in the auxilliary vector.
+
+Userspace software can test for features by acquiring the AT_HWCAP entry
+of the auxilliary vector, and testing whether the relevant flags are
+set, e.g.
+
+bool floating_point_is_present(void)
+{
+ unsigned long hwcaps = getauxval(AT_HWCAP);
+ if (hwcaps & HWCAP_FP)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+Where software relies on a feature described by a hwcap, it should check
+the relevant hwcap flag to verify that the feature is present before
+attempting to make use of the feature.
+
+Features cannot be probed reliably through other means. When a feature
+is not available, attempting to use it may result in unpredictable
+behaviour, and is not guaranteed to result in any reliable indication
+that the feature is unavailable, such as a SIGILL.
+
+
+2. Interpretation of hwcaps
+---------------------------
+
+The majority of hwcaps are intended to indicate the presence of features
+which are described by architected ID registers inaccessible to
+userspace code at EL0. These hwcaps are defined in terms of ID register
+fields, and should be interpreted with reference to the definition of
+these fields in the ARM Architecture Reference Manual (ARM ARM).
+
+Such hwcaps are described below in the form:
+
+ Functionality implied by idreg.field == val.
+
+Such hwcaps indicate the availability of functionality that the ARM ARM
+defines as being present when idreg.field has value val, but do not
+indicate that idreg.field is precisely equal to val, nor do they
+indicate the absence of functionality implied by other values of
+idreg.field.
+
+Other hwcaps may indicate the presence of features which cannot be
+described by ID registers alone. These may be described without
+reference to ID registers, and may refer to other documentation.
+
+
+3. The hwcaps exposed in AT_HWCAP
+---------------------------------
+
+HWCAP_FP
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.FP == 0b0000.
+
+HWCAP_ASIMD
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.AdvSIMD == 0b0000.
+
+HWCAP_EVTSTRM
+
+ The generic timer is configured to generate events at a frequency of
+ approximately 100KHz.
+
+HWCAP_AES
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.AES == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_PMULL
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.AES == 0b0010.
+
+HWCAP_SHA1
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA1 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SHA2
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA2 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_CRC32
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.CRC32 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_ATOMICS
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.Atomic == 0b0010.
+
+HWCAP_FPHP
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.FP == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_ASIMDHP
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.AdvSIMD == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_CPUID
+
+ EL0 access to certain ID registers is available, to the extent
+ described by Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt.
+
+ These ID registers may imply the availability of features.
+
+HWCAP_ASIMDRDM
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.RDM == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_JSCVT
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.JSCVT == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_FCMA
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.FCMA == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_LRCPC
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.LRCPC == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_DCPOP
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.DPB == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SHA3
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA3 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SM3
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SM3 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SM4
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SM4 == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_ASIMDDP
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.DP == 0b0001.
+
+HWCAP_SHA512
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1.SHA2 == 0b0002.
+
+HWCAP_SVE
+
+ Functionality implied by ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.SVE == 0b0001.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
index d7273a5f6456..671bc0639262 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.txt
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ Translation table lookup with 64KB pages:
+-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1
-When using KVM, the hypervisor maps kernel pages in EL2, at a fixed
-offset from the kernel VA (top 24bits of the kernel VA set to zero):
+When using KVM without the Virtualization Host Extensions, the hypervisor
+maps kernel pages in EL2 at a fixed offset from the kernel VA. See the
+kern_hyp_va macro for more details.
-Start End Size Use
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-0000004000000000 0000007fffffffff 256GB kernel objects mapped in HYP
+When using KVM with the Virtualization Host Extensions, no additional
+mappings are created, since the host kernel runs directly in EL2.
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
index 66e8ce14d23d..304bf22bb83c 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ stable kernels.
| | | | |
| Hisilicon | Hip0{5,6,7} | #161010101 | HISILICON_ERRATUM_161010101 |
| Hisilicon | Hip0{6,7} | #161010701 | N/A |
+| Hisilicon | Hip07 | #161600802 | HISILICON_ERRATUM_161600802 |
| | | | |
| Qualcomm Tech. | Falkor v1 | E1003 | QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1003 |
| Qualcomm Tech. | Falkor v1 | E1009 | QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1009 |
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f128f736b4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/sve.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+ Scalable Vector Extension support for AArch64 Linux
+ ===================================================
+
+Author: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
+Date: 4 August 2017
+
+This document outlines briefly the interface provided to userspace by Linux in
+order to support use of the ARM Scalable Vector Extension (SVE).
+
+This is an outline of the most important features and issues only and not
+intended to be exhaustive.
+
+This document does not aim to describe the SVE architecture or programmer's
+model. To aid understanding, a minimal description of relevant programmer's
+model features for SVE is included in Appendix A.
+
+
+1. General
+-----------
+
+* SVE registers Z0..Z31, P0..P15 and FFR and the current vector length VL, are
+ tracked per-thread.
+
+* The presence of SVE is reported to userspace via HWCAP_SVE in the aux vector
+ AT_HWCAP entry. Presence of this flag implies the presence of the SVE
+ instructions and registers, and the Linux-specific system interfaces
+ described in this document. SVE is reported in /proc/cpuinfo as "sve".
+
+* Support for the execution of SVE instructions in userspace can also be
+ detected by reading the CPU ID register ID_AA64PFR0_EL1 using an MRS
+ instruction, and checking that the value of the SVE field is nonzero. [3]
+
+ It does not guarantee the presence of the system interfaces described in the
+ following sections: software that needs to verify that those interfaces are
+ present must check for HWCAP_SVE instead.
+
+* Debuggers should restrict themselves to interacting with the target via the
+ NT_ARM_SVE regset. The recommended way of detecting support for this regset
+ is to connect to a target process first and then attempt a
+ ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET, pid, NT_ARM_SVE, &iov).
+
+
+2. Vector length terminology
+-----------------------------
+
+The size of an SVE vector (Z) register is referred to as the "vector length".
+
+To avoid confusion about the units used to express vector length, the kernel
+adopts the following conventions:
+
+* Vector length (VL) = size of a Z-register in bytes
+
+* Vector quadwords (VQ) = size of a Z-register in units of 128 bits
+
+(So, VL = 16 * VQ.)
+
+The VQ convention is used where the underlying granularity is important, such
+as in data structure definitions. In most other situations, the VL convention
+is used. This is consistent with the meaning of the "VL" pseudo-register in
+the SVE instruction set architecture.
+
+
+3. System call behaviour
+-------------------------
+
+* On syscall, V0..V31 are preserved (as without SVE). Thus, bits [127:0] of
+ Z0..Z31 are preserved. All other bits of Z0..Z31, and all of P0..P15 and FFR
+ become unspecified on return from a syscall.
+
+* The SVE registers are not used to pass arguments to or receive results from
+ any syscall.
+
+* In practice the affected registers/bits will be preserved or will be replaced
+ with zeros on return from a syscall, but userspace should not make
+ assumptions about this. The kernel behaviour may vary on a case-by-case
+ basis.
+
+* All other SVE state of a thread, including the currently configured vector
+ length, the state of the PR_SVE_VL_INHERIT flag, and the deferred vector
+ length (if any), is preserved across all syscalls, subject to the specific
+ exceptions for execve() described in section 6.
+
+ In particular, on return from a fork() or clone(), the parent and new child
+ process or thread share identical SVE configuration, matching that of the
+ parent before the call.
+
+
+4. Signal handling
+-------------------
+
+* A new signal frame record sve_context encodes the SVE registers on signal
+ delivery. [1]
+
+* This record is supplementary to fpsimd_context. The FPSR and FPCR registers
+ are only present in fpsimd_context. For convenience, the content of V0..V31
+ is duplicated between sve_context and fpsimd_context.
+
+* The signal frame record for SVE always contains basic metadata, in particular
+ the thread's vector length (in sve_context.vl).
+
+* The SVE registers may or may not be included in the record, depending on
+ whether the registers are live for the thread. The registers are present if
+ and only if:
+ sve_context.head.size >= SVE_SIG_CONTEXT_SIZE(sve_vq_from_vl(sve_context.vl)).
+
+* If the registers are present, the remainder of the record has a vl-dependent
+ size and layout. Macros SVE_SIG_* are defined [1] to facilitate access to
+ the members.
+
+* If the SVE context is too big to fit in sigcontext.__reserved[], then extra
+ space is allocated on the stack, an extra_context record is written in
+ __reserved[] referencing this space. sve_context is then written in the
+ extra space. Refer to [1] for further details about this mechanism.
+
+
+5. Signal return
+-----------------
+
+When returning from a signal handler:
+
+* If there is no sve_context record in the signal frame, or if the record is
+ present but contains no register data as desribed in the previous section,
+ then the SVE registers/bits become non-live and take unspecified values.
+
+* If sve_context is present in the signal frame and contains full register
+ data, the SVE registers become live and are populated with the specified
+ data. However, for backward compatibility reasons, bits [127:0] of Z0..Z31
+ are always restored from the corresponding members of fpsimd_context.vregs[]
+ and not from sve_context. The remaining bits are restored from sve_context.
+
+* Inclusion of fpsimd_context in the signal frame remains mandatory,
+ irrespective of whether sve_context is present or not.
+
+* The vector length cannot be changed via signal return. If sve_context.vl in
+ the signal frame does not match the current vector length, the signal return
+ attempt is treated as illegal, resulting in a forced SIGSEGV.
+
+
+6. prctl extensions
+--------------------
+
+Some new prctl() calls are added to allow programs to manage the SVE vector
+length:
+
+prctl(PR_SVE_SET_VL, unsigned long arg)
+
+ Sets the vector length of the calling thread and related flags, where
+ arg == vl | flags. Other threads of the calling process are unaffected.
+
+ vl is the desired vector length, where sve_vl_valid(vl) must be true.
+
+ flags:
+
+ PR_SVE_SET_VL_INHERIT
+
+ Inherit the current vector length across execve(). Otherwise, the
+ vector length is reset to the system default at execve(). (See
+ Section 9.)
+
+ PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC
+
+ Defer the requested vector length change until the next execve()
+ performed by this thread.
+
+ The effect is equivalent to implicit exceution of the following
+ call immediately after the next execve() (if any) by the thread:
+
+ prctl(PR_SVE_SET_VL, arg & ~PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC)
+
+ This allows launching of a new program with a different vector
+ length, while avoiding runtime side effects in the caller.
+
+
+ Without PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC, the requested change takes effect
+ immediately.
+
+
+ Return value: a nonnegative on success, or a negative value on error:
+ EINVAL: SVE not supported, invalid vector length requested, or
+ invalid flags.
+
+
+ On success:
+
+ * Either the calling thread's vector length or the deferred vector length
+ to be applied at the next execve() by the thread (dependent on whether
+ PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC is present in arg), is set to the largest value
+ supported by the system that is less than or equal to vl. If vl ==
+ SVE_VL_MAX, the value set will be the largest value supported by the
+ system.
+
+ * Any previously outstanding deferred vector length change in the calling
+ thread is cancelled.
+
+ * The returned value describes the resulting configuration, encoded as for
+ PR_SVE_GET_VL. The vector length reported in this value is the new
+ current vector length for this thread if PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC was not
+ present in arg; otherwise, the reported vector length is the deferred
+ vector length that will be applied at the next execve() by the calling
+ thread.
+
+ * Changing the vector length causes all of P0..P15, FFR and all bits of
+ Z0..V31 except for Z0 bits [127:0] .. Z31 bits [127:0] to become
+ unspecified. Calling PR_SVE_SET_VL with vl equal to the thread's current
+ vector length, or calling PR_SVE_SET_VL with the PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC
+ flag, does not constitute a change to the vector length for this purpose.
+
+
+prctl(PR_SVE_GET_VL)
+
+ Gets the vector length of the calling thread.
+
+ The following flag may be OR-ed into the result:
+
+ PR_SVE_SET_VL_INHERIT
+
+ Vector length will be inherited across execve().
+
+ There is no way to determine whether there is an outstanding deferred
+ vector length change (which would only normally be the case between a
+ fork() or vfork() and the corresponding execve() in typical use).
+
+ To extract the vector length from the result, and it with
+ PR_SVE_VL_LEN_MASK.
+
+ Return value: a nonnegative value on success, or a negative value on error:
+ EINVAL: SVE not supported.
+
+
+7. ptrace extensions
+---------------------
+
+* A new regset NT_ARM_SVE is defined for use with PTRACE_GETREGSET and
+ PTRACE_SETREGSET.
+
+ Refer to [2] for definitions.
+
+The regset data starts with struct user_sve_header, containing:
+
+ size
+
+ Size of the complete regset, in bytes.
+ This depends on vl and possibly on other things in the future.
+
+ If a call to PTRACE_GETREGSET requests less data than the value of
+ size, the caller can allocate a larger buffer and retry in order to
+ read the complete regset.
+
+ max_size
+
+ Maximum size in bytes that the regset can grow to for the target
+ thread. The regset won't grow bigger than this even if the target
+ thread changes its vector length etc.
+
+ vl
+
+ Target thread's current vector length, in bytes.
+
+ max_vl
+
+ Maximum possible vector length for the target thread.
+
+ flags
+
+ either
+
+ SVE_PT_REGS_FPSIMD
+
+ SVE registers are not live (GETREGSET) or are to be made
+ non-live (SETREGSET).
+
+ The payload is of type struct user_fpsimd_state, with the same
+ meaning as for NT_PRFPREG, starting at offset
+ SVE_PT_FPSIMD_OFFSET from the start of user_sve_header.
+
+ Extra data might be appended in the future: the size of the
+ payload should be obtained using SVE_PT_FPSIMD_SIZE(vq, flags).
+
+ vq should be obtained using sve_vq_from_vl(vl).
+
+ or
+
+ SVE_PT_REGS_SVE
+
+ SVE registers are live (GETREGSET) or are to be made live
+ (SETREGSET).
+
+ The payload contains the SVE register data, starting at offset
+ SVE_PT_SVE_OFFSET from the start of user_sve_header, and with
+ size SVE_PT_SVE_SIZE(vq, flags);
+
+ ... OR-ed with zero or more of the following flags, which have the same
+ meaning and behaviour as the corresponding PR_SET_VL_* flags:
+
+ SVE_PT_VL_INHERIT
+
+ SVE_PT_VL_ONEXEC (SETREGSET only).
+
+* The effects of changing the vector length and/or flags are equivalent to
+ those documented for PR_SVE_SET_VL.
+
+ The caller must make a further GETREGSET call if it needs to know what VL is
+ actually set by SETREGSET, unless is it known in advance that the requested
+ VL is supported.
+
+* In the SVE_PT_REGS_SVE case, the size and layout of the payload depends on
+ the header fields. The SVE_PT_SVE_*() macros are provided to facilitate
+ access to the members.
+
+* In either case, for SETREGSET it is permissible to omit the payload, in which
+ case only the vector length and flags are changed (along with any
+ consequences of those changes).
+
+* For SETREGSET, if an SVE_PT_REGS_SVE payload is present and the
+ requested VL is not supported, the effect will be the same as if the
+ payload were omitted, except that an EIO error is reported. No
+ attempt is made to translate the payload data to the correct layout
+ for the vector length actually set. The thread's FPSIMD state is
+ preserved, but the remaining bits of the SVE registers become
+ unspecified. It is up to the caller to translate the payload layout
+ for the actual VL and retry.
+
+* The effect of writing a partial, incomplete payload is unspecified.
+
+
+8. ELF coredump extensions
+---------------------------
+
+* A NT_ARM_SVE note will be added to each coredump for each thread of the
+ dumped process. The contents will be equivalent to the data that would have
+ been read if a PTRACE_GETREGSET of NT_ARM_SVE were executed for each thread
+ when the coredump was generated.
+
+
+9. System runtime configuration
+--------------------------------
+
+* To mitigate the ABI impact of expansion of the signal frame, a policy
+ mechanism is provided for administrators, distro maintainers and developers
+ to set the default vector length for userspace processes:
+
+/proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length
+
+ Writing the text representation of an integer to this file sets the system
+ default vector length to the specified value, unless the value is greater
+ than the maximum vector length supported by the system in which case the
+ default vector length is set to that maximum.
+
+ The result can be determined by reopening the file and reading its
+ contents.
+
+ At boot, the default vector length is initially set to 64 or the maximum
+ supported vector length, whichever is smaller. This determines the initial
+ vector length of the init process (PID 1).
+
+ Reading this file returns the current system default vector length.
+
+* At every execve() call, the new vector length of the new process is set to
+ the system default vector length, unless
+
+ * PR_SVE_SET_VL_INHERIT (or equivalently SVE_PT_VL_INHERIT) is set for the
+ calling thread, or
+
+ * a deferred vector length change is pending, established via the
+ PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC flag (or SVE_PT_VL_ONEXEC).
+
+* Modifying the system default vector length does not affect the vector length
+ of any existing process or thread that does not make an execve() call.
+
+
+Appendix A. SVE programmer's model (informative)
+=================================================
+
+This section provides a minimal description of the additions made by SVE to the
+ARMv8-A programmer's model that are relevant to this document.
+
+Note: This section is for information only and not intended to be complete or
+to replace any architectural specification.
+
+A.1. Registers
+---------------
+
+In A64 state, SVE adds the following:
+
+* 32 8VL-bit vector registers Z0..Z31
+ For each Zn, Zn bits [127:0] alias the ARMv8-A vector register Vn.
+
+ A register write using a Vn register name zeros all bits of the corresponding
+ Zn except for bits [127:0].
+
+* 16 VL-bit predicate registers P0..P15
+
+* 1 VL-bit special-purpose predicate register FFR (the "first-fault register")
+
+* a VL "pseudo-register" that determines the size of each vector register
+
+ The SVE instruction set architecture provides no way to write VL directly.
+ Instead, it can be modified only by EL1 and above, by writing appropriate
+ system registers.
+
+* The value of VL can be configured at runtime by EL1 and above:
+ 16 <= VL <= VLmax, where VL must be a multiple of 16.
+
+* The maximum vector length is determined by the hardware:
+ 16 <= VLmax <= 256.
+
+ (The SVE architecture specifies 256, but permits future architecture
+ revisions to raise this limit.)
+
+* FPSR and FPCR are retained from ARMv8-A, and interact with SVE floating-point
+ operations in a similar way to the way in which they interact with ARMv8
+ floating-point operations.
+
+ 8VL-1 128 0 bit index
+ +---- //// -----------------+
+ Z0 | : V0 |
+ : :
+ Z7 | : V7 |
+ Z8 | : * V8 |
+ : : :
+ Z15 | : *V15 |
+ Z16 | : V16 |
+ : :
+ Z31 | : V31 |
+ +---- //// -----------------+
+ 31 0
+ VL-1 0 +-------+
+ +---- //// --+ FPSR | |
+ P0 | | +-------+
+ : | | *FPCR | |
+ P15 | | +-------+
+ +---- //// --+
+ FFR | | +-----+
+ +---- //// --+ VL | |
+ +-----+
+
+(*) callee-save:
+ This only applies to bits [63:0] of Z-/V-registers.
+ FPCR contains callee-save and caller-save bits. See [4] for details.
+
+
+A.2. Procedure call standard
+-----------------------------
+
+The ARMv8-A base procedure call standard is extended as follows with respect to
+the additional SVE register state:
+
+* All SVE register bits that are not shared with FP/SIMD are caller-save.
+
+* Z8 bits [63:0] .. Z15 bits [63:0] are callee-save.
+
+ This follows from the way these bits are mapped to V8..V15, which are caller-
+ save in the base procedure call standard.
+
+
+Appendix B. ARMv8-A FP/SIMD programmer's model
+===============================================
+
+Note: This section is for information only and not intended to be complete or
+to replace any architectural specification.
+
+Refer to [4] for for more information.
+
+ARMv8-A defines the following floating-point / SIMD register state:
+
+* 32 128-bit vector registers V0..V31
+* 2 32-bit status/control registers FPSR, FPCR
+
+ 127 0 bit index
+ +---------------+
+ V0 | |
+ : : :
+ V7 | |
+ * V8 | |
+ : : : :
+ *V15 | |
+ V16 | |
+ : : :
+ V31 | |
+ +---------------+
+
+ 31 0
+ +-------+
+ FPSR | |
+ +-------+
+ *FPCR | |
+ +-------+
+
+(*) callee-save:
+ This only applies to bits [63:0] of V-registers.
+ FPCR contains a mixture of callee-save and caller-save bits.
+
+
+References
+==========
+
+[1] arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h
+ AArch64 Linux signal ABI definitions
+
+[2] arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+ AArch64 Linux ptrace ABI definitions
+
+[3] linux/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
+
+[4] ARM IHI0055C
+ http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055c/IHI0055C_beta_aapcs64.pdf
+ http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.subset.swdev.abi/index.html
+ Procedure Call Standard for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64)