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commit 8e35aa642ee4dab01b16cc4b2df59d1936f3b3c2 upstream. When emulating ID registers there is often a need to cap the version bits of a feature such that the guest will not use features that the host is not aware of. For example, when KVM mediates access to the PMU by emulating register accesses. Let's add a helper that extracts a performance monitors ID field and caps the version to a given value. Fields that identify the version of the Performance Monitors Extension do not follow the standard ID scheme, and instead follow the scheme described in ARM DDI 0487E.a page D13-2825 "Alternative ID scheme used for the Performance Monitors Extension version". The value 0xF means an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED PMU is present, and values 0x0-OxE can be treated the same as an unsigned field with 0x0 meaning no PMU is present. Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray <andrew.murray@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> [Mark: rework to handle perfmon fields] Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.