Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] arm64: Support AT_HWCAP3

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Tue Oct 08 2024 - 04:06:25 EST




On 10/5/24 01:56, Mark Brown wrote:
> We have filled all 64 bits of AT_HWCAP2 so in order to support discovery of
> further features provide the framework to use the already defined AT_HWCAP3
> for further CPU features.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst | 6 +++---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 3 ++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 6 +++++-
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 4 ++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 6 ++++++
> 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> index 694f67fa07d196816b1292e896ebe6a1b599c125..dc1b11d6d1122bba928b054cd1874aad5073e05c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
> @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ architected discovery mechanism available to userspace code at EL0. The
> kernel exposes the presence of these features to userspace through a set
> of flags called hwcaps, exposed in the auxiliary vector.
>
> -Userspace software can test for features by acquiring the AT_HWCAP or
> -AT_HWCAP2 entry of the auxiliary vector, and testing whether the relevant
> -flags are set, e.g.::
> +Userspace software can test for features by acquiring the AT_HWCAP,
> +AT_HWCAP2 or AT_HWCAP3 entry of the auxiliary vector, and testing
> +whether the relevant flags are set, e.g.::
>
> bool floating_point_is_present(void)
> {
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index 3d261cc123c1e22ac7bc9cfcde463624c76b2084..38e7d1a44ea38ab0a06a6f22824ae023b128721b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
> #include <asm/hwcap.h>
> #include <asm/sysreg.h>
>
> -#define MAX_CPU_FEATURES 128
> +#define MAX_CPU_FEATURES 192
> #define cpu_feature(x) KERNEL_HWCAP_ ## x
>
> #define ARM64_SW_FEATURE_OVERRIDE_NOKASLR 0
> @@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ void cpu_set_feature(unsigned int num);
> bool cpu_have_feature(unsigned int num);
> unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap(void);
> unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap2(void);
> +unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap3(void);
>
> #define cpu_set_named_feature(name) cpu_set_feature(cpu_feature(name))
> #define cpu_have_named_feature(name) cpu_have_feature(cpu_feature(name))
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> index a775adddecf25633e87d58fb9ac9e6293beac1b3..3b5c50df419ee94193a4d9e3a47516eb0739e89a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> @@ -159,17 +159,21 @@
> #define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SF8DP2 __khwcap2_feature(SME_SF8DP2)
> #define KERNEL_HWCAP_POE __khwcap2_feature(POE)
>
> +#define __khwcap3_feature(x) (const_ilog2(HWCAP3_ ## x) + 128)
> +
> /*
> * This yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
> * instruction set this cpu supports.
> */
> #define ELF_HWCAP cpu_get_elf_hwcap()
> #define ELF_HWCAP2 cpu_get_elf_hwcap2()
> +#define ELF_HWCAP3 cpu_get_elf_hwcap3()
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> #define COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP (compat_elf_hwcap)
> #define COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP2 (compat_elf_hwcap2)
> -extern unsigned int compat_elf_hwcap, compat_elf_hwcap2;
> +#define COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP3 (compat_elf_hwcap3)
> +extern unsigned int compat_elf_hwcap, compat_elf_hwcap2, compat_elf_hwcap3;
> #endif
>
> enum {
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
> index 055381b2c61595361c2d57d38be936c2dfeaa195..3dd4a53a438a14bfb41882b2ab15bdd7ce617475 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
> @@ -124,4 +124,8 @@
> #define HWCAP2_SME_SF8DP2 (1UL << 62)
> #define HWCAP2_POE (1UL << 63)
>
> +/*
> + * HWCAP3 flags - for AT_HWCAP3
> + */
> +
> #endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 718728a85430fad5151b73fa213a510efac3f834..7221636b790709b153b49126e00246cc3032a7bc 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(elf_hwcap, MAX_CPU_FEATURES) __read_mostly;
> COMPAT_HWCAP_LPAE)
> unsigned int compat_elf_hwcap __read_mostly = COMPAT_ELF_HWCAP_DEFAULT;
> unsigned int compat_elf_hwcap2 __read_mostly;
> +unsigned int compat_elf_hwcap3 __read_mostly;
> #endif
>
> DECLARE_BITMAP(system_cpucaps, ARM64_NCAPS);
> @@ -3499,6 +3500,11 @@ unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap2(void)
> return elf_hwcap[1];
> }
>
> +unsigned long cpu_get_elf_hwcap3(void)
> +{
> + return elf_hwcap[2];
> +}
> +
> static void __init setup_boot_cpu_capabilities(void)
> {
> /*
>

LGTM, but just curious do you have a upcoming feature to be added
in AT_HWCAP3 soon ?

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>