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x86: Enumerate AVX512 FP16 CPUID feature flag

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Enumerate AVX512 Half-precision floating point (FP16) CPUID feature
flag. Compared with using FP32, using FP16 cut the number of bits
required for storage in half, reducing the exponent from 8 bits to 5,
and the mantissa from 23 bits to 10. Using FP16 also enables developers
to train and run inference on deep learning models fast when all
precision or magnitude (FP32) is not needed.

A processor supports AVX512 FP16 if CPUID.(EAX=7,ECX=0):EDX[bit 23]
is present. The AVX512 FP16 requires AVX512BW feature be implemented
since the instructions for manipulating 32bit masks are associated with
AVX512BW.

The only in-kernel usage of this is kvm passthrough. The CPU feature
flag is shown as "avx512_fp16" in /proc/cpuinfo.

Signed-off-by: Kyung Min Park <kyung.min.park@intel.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Message-Id: <20201208033441.28207-2-kyung.min.park@intel.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Kyung Min Park 2020-12-07 19:34:40 -08:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
parent fb6360534e
commit e1b35da5e6
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arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
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@ -374,6 +374,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_TSXLDTRK (18*32+16) /* TSX Suspend Load Address Tracking */
#define X86_FEATURE_PCONFIG (18*32+18) /* Intel PCONFIG */
#define X86_FEATURE_ARCH_LBR (18*32+19) /* Intel ARCH LBR */
#define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_FP16 (18*32+23) /* AVX512 FP16 */
#define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL (18*32+26) /* "" Speculation Control (IBRS + IBPB) */
#define X86_FEATURE_INTEL_STIBP (18*32+27) /* "" Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */
#define X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D (18*32+28) /* Flush L1D cache */

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
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@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static const struct cpuid_dep cpuid_deps[] = {
{ X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_TOTAL, X86_FEATURE_CQM_LLC },
{ X86_FEATURE_CQM_MBM_LOCAL, X86_FEATURE_CQM_LLC },
{ X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16, X86_FEATURE_AVX512VL },
{ X86_FEATURE_AVX512_FP16, X86_FEATURE_AVX512BW },
{ X86_FEATURE_ENQCMD, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES },
{ X86_FEATURE_PER_THREAD_MBA, X86_FEATURE_MBA },
{}