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The allocation size of thread.vstate.datap is always riscv_v_vsize. So it is possbile to use kmem_cache_* to manage the allocation. This gives users more information regarding allocation of vector context via /proc/slabinfo. And it potentially reduces the latency of the first-use trap because of the allocation caches. Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@sifive.com> Tested-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com> Tested-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@bp.renesas.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240115055929.4736-10-andy.chiu@sifive.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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.