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This patch adds the following registers for access via the
KVM_{GET,SET}_ONE_REG interface:
* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG(n, i) (n = 0..31) (in 2048-bit slices)
* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_PREG(n, i) (n = 0..15) (in 256-bit slices)
* KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_FFR(i) (in 256-bit slices)
In order to adapt gracefully to future architectural extensions,
the registers are logically divided up into slices as noted above:
the i parameter denotes the slice index.
This allows us to reserve space in the ABI for future expansion of
these registers. However, as of today the architecture does not
permit registers to be larger than a single slice, so no code is
needed in the kernel to expose additional slices, for now. The
code can be extended later as needed to expose them up to a maximum
of 32 slices (as carved out in the architecture itself) if they
really exist someday.
The registers are only visible for vcpus that have SVE enabled.
They are not enumerated by KVM_GET_REG_LIST on vcpus that do not
have SVE.
Accesses to the FPSIMD registers via KVM_REG_ARM_CORE is not
allowed for SVE-enabled vcpus: SVE-aware userspace can use the
KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG() interface instead to access the same
register state. This avoids some complex and pointless emulation
in the kernel to convert between the two views of these aliased
registers.
Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@arm.com>
Tested-by: zhang.lei <zhang.lei@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.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.