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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/sme.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/sve.rst | 22 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst index 311021f2e560..bb34287c8e01 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst @@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ HWCAP2_WFXT HWCAP2_EBF16 Functionality implied by ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.BF16 == 0b0010. +HWCAP2_SVE_EBF16 + Functionality implied by ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1.BF16 == 0b0010. + 4. Unused AT_HWCAP bits ----------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst index fda97b3fcf01..808ade4cc008 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ stable kernels. +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A55 | #1530923 | ARM64_ERRATUM_1530923 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ +| ARM | Cortex-A55 | #2441007 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2441007 | ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A57 | #832075 | ARM64_ERRATUM_832075 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A57 | #852523 | N/A | @@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ stable kernels. +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A510 | #2441009 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2441009 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ +| ARM | Cortex-A510 | #2658417 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2658417 | ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A710 | #2119858 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2119858 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A710 | #2054223 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2054223 | diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sme.rst b/Documentation/arm64/sme.rst index 937147f58cc5..16d2db4c2e2e 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/sme.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/sme.rst @@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_za_header, containing: been read if a PTRACE_GETREGSET of NT_ARM_ZA were executed for each thread when the coredump was generated. +* The NT_ARM_TLS note will be extended to two registers, the second register + will contain TPIDR2_EL0 on systems that support SME and will be read as + zero with writes ignored otherwise. 9. System runtime configuration -------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst b/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst index 93c2c2990584..f338ee2df46d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ the SVE instruction set architecture. * 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. + become zero on return from a syscall. * The SVE registers are not used to pass arguments to or receive results from any syscall. @@ -452,6 +452,24 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_sve_header, containing: * 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. +10. Perf extensions +-------------------------------- + +* The arm64 specific DWARF standard [5] added the VG (Vector Granule) register + at index 46. This register is used for DWARF unwinding when variable length + SVE registers are pushed onto the stack. + +* Its value is equivalent to the current SVE vector length (VL) in bits divided + by 64. + +* The value is included in Perf samples in the regs[46] field if + PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER is set and the sample_regs_user mask has bit 46 set. + +* The value is the current value at the time the sample was taken, and it can + change over time. + +* If the system doesn't support SVE when perf_event_open is called with these + settings, the event will fail to open. Appendix A. SVE programmer's model (informative) ================================================= @@ -593,3 +611,5 @@ References 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) + +[5] https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/main/aadwarf64/aadwarf64.rst |