From: Alan Hayward <Alan.Hayward@arm.com>
To: Dave P Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
Cc: "Dave Martin" <dave.martin@foss.arm.com>,
"linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/28] arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:57:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E7AEE685-0814-4308-97D2-4AC095A52ED2@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170921111937.GA17434@e103592.cambridge.arm.com>
> On 21 Sep 2017, at 12:19, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 06:08:21PM +0000, Alan Hayward wrote:
>>
>>> On 20 Sep 2017, at 12:09, Dave Martin <dave.martin@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Given, sve_set_vector_length is called when setting the vector length in
>>>> PTRACE_SETREGSET, it looks to me like if you set VL to a value that’s not
>>>> supported by the hardware, then it’s going to round down to the previous value.
>>>> Is that correct? I’m not sure if that’s explained in the docs?
>>>
>>> Does this cover it?
>>>
>>> "On success, the calling thread's vector length is changed to the
>>> largest value supported by the system that is less than or equal to vl."
>>>
>>> (For ptrace, I just cross-reference the PR_SVE_SET_VL behaviour, above.)
>>
>> For ptrace is it worth mentioning user should do a GET after a SET to confirm
>> what VL value was actually set?
>
> This seems worth a clarification -- I'd thought this was already
> mentioned, but it isn't.
>
> How about:
>
> The caller must make a further GETREGSET call if it needs to know what VL is
> actually set by SETREGSET, unless is it known in advance that the requested
> VL is supported.
>
Looks good to me.
Alan.
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From: Alan.Hayward@arm.com (Alan Hayward)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 14/28] arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:57:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E7AEE685-0814-4308-97D2-4AC095A52ED2@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170921111937.GA17434@e103592.cambridge.arm.com>
> On 21 Sep 2017, at 12:19, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 06:08:21PM +0000, Alan Hayward wrote:
>>
>>> On 20 Sep 2017, at 12:09, Dave Martin <dave.martin@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>>> Given, sve_set_vector_length is called when setting the vector length in
>>>> PTRACE_SETREGSET, it looks to me like if you set VL to a value that?s not
>>>> supported by the hardware, then it?s going to round down to the previous value.
>>>> Is that correct? I?m not sure if that?s explained in the docs?
>>>
>>> Does this cover it?
>>>
>>> "On success, the calling thread's vector length is changed to the
>>> largest value supported by the system that is less than or equal to vl."
>>>
>>> (For ptrace, I just cross-reference the PR_SVE_SET_VL behaviour, above.)
>>
>> For ptrace is it worth mentioning user should do a GET after a SET to confirm
>> what VL value was actually set?
>
> This seems worth a clarification -- I'd thought this was already
> mentioned, but it isn't.
>
> How about:
>
> The caller must make a further GETREGSET call if it needs to know what VL is
> actually set by SETREGSET, unless is it known in advance that the requested
> VL is supported.
>
Looks good to me.
Alan.
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2017-08-31 17:00 [PATCH v2 00/28] ARM Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] regset: Add support for dynamically sized regsets Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 02/28] arm64: KVM: Hide unsupported AArch64 CPU features from guests Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 14:37 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 14:37 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 14:37 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-15 0:04 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-15 0:04 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] arm64: efi: Add missing Kconfig dependency on KERNEL_MODE_NEON Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] arm64: Port deprecated instruction emulation to new sysctl interface Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] arm64: fpsimd: Simplify uses of {set,clear}_ti_thread_flag() Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] arm64: fpsimd: Simplify uses of {set, clear}_ti_thread_flag() Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] arm64/sve: System register and exception syndrome definitions Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 14:48 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 14:48 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 14:48 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] arm64/sve: Low-level SVE architectural state manipulation functions Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 15:39 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 15:39 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-13 15:39 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 08/28] arm64/sve: Kconfig update and conditional compilation support Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] arm64/sve: Signal frame and context structure definition Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 13:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 13:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 21:33 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 21:33 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] arm64/sve: Low-level CPU setup Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 13:32 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 13:32 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 19:21 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 19:21 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 19:21 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 10:47 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 10:47 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 11:04 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-10-05 11:04 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-10-05 11:22 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 11:22 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] arm64/sve: Core task context handling Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 14:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 14:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-14 19:55 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 19:55 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-20 13:58 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-20 13:58 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-03 11:11 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-03 11:11 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-04 17:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-04 17:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-03 11:33 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-03 11:33 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 11:28 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-05 11:28 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-06 13:10 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 13:10 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 13:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-06 13:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-06 15:15 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 15:15 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 15:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-06 15:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 17:26 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 17:26 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 19:17 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 19:17 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 22:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 22:21 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-14 19:40 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 19:40 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-19 17:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-19 17:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] arm64/sve: Support vector length resetting for new processes Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 8:47 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 8:47 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 8:47 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] arm64/sve: Signal handling support Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 9:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] arm64/sve: Backend logic for setting the vector length Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 17:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 17:29 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 19:06 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 19:06 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-13 22:11 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-09-13 22:11 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-05 16:42 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 16:42 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 16:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-05 16:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-10-05 17:04 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 17:04 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-20 10:57 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-20 10:57 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-20 10:59 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-20 10:59 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-20 11:09 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-20 11:09 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-20 18:08 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-20 18:08 ` Alan Hayward
2017-09-21 11:19 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-21 11:19 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-21 11:57 ` Alan Hayward [this message]
2017-09-21 11:57 ` Alan Hayward
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] arm64: cpufeature: Move sys_caps_initialised declarations Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 9:33 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:33 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:33 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:35 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-09-14 9:35 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] arm64/sve: Probe SVE capabilities and usable vector lengths Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 9:45 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:45 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 9:45 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-28 14:22 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-28 14:22 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-28 17:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-28 17:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-28 17:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around kernel-mode NEON use Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 10:52 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 10:52 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 10:52 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] arm64/sve: Preserve SVE registers around EFI runtime service calls Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 11:01 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 11:01 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 11:01 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] arm64/sve: ptrace and ELF coredump support Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-06 16:21 ` Okamoto, Takayuki
2017-09-06 16:21 ` Okamoto, Takayuki
2017-09-06 18:16 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-06 18:16 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-07 5:11 ` Okamoto, Takayuki
2017-09-07 5:11 ` Okamoto, Takayuki
2017-09-07 5:11 ` Okamoto, Takayuki
2017-09-08 13:11 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-08 13:11 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 12:57 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 12:57 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 12:57 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-28 14:57 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-28 14:57 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-29 12:46 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-29 12:46 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 20/28] arm64/sve: Add prctl controls for userspace vector length management Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 13:02 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:02 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:02 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] arm64/sve: Add sysctl to set the default vector length for new processes Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 13:05 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:05 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:05 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] arm64/sve: KVM: Prevent guests from using SVE Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 13:28 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:28 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:28 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] arm64/sve: KVM: Treat guest SVE use as undefined instruction execution Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 13:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:30 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:31 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:31 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:31 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-29 13:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-29 13:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-29 14:43 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-29 14:43 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-29 14:43 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] arm64/sve: KVM: Hide SVE from CPU features exposed to guests Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-09-14 13:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-09-14 13:32 ` Alex Bennée
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] arm64/sve: Detect SVE and activate runtime support Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] arm64/sve: Add documentation Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 16:39 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2017-10-05 16:39 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2017-10-05 17:02 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-05 17:02 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 15:43 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2017-10-06 15:43 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2017-10-06 17:37 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-06 17:37 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-09 9:34 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 9:34 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 9:34 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 9:49 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-09 9:49 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-09 14:07 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 14:07 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 14:07 ` Alex Bennée
2017-10-09 16:20 ` Dave Martin
2017-10-09 16:20 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` [RFC PATCH v2 27/28] arm64: signal: Report signal frame size to userspace via auxv Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:00 ` Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:01 ` [RFC PATCH v2 28/28] arm64/sve: signal: Include SVE when computing AT_MINSIGSTKSZ Dave Martin
2017-08-31 17:01 ` Dave Martin
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