Commit e54debe6 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds

Merge tag 'x86_fpu_for_6.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fpu updates from Dave Hansen:
 "There's no _actual_ kernel functionality here.

  This expands the documentation around AMX support including some code
  examples. The example code also exposed the fact that hardware
  architecture constants as part of the ABI, but there's no easy place
  that they get defined for apps. Adding them to a uabi header will
  eventually make life easier for consumers of the ABI.

  Summary:

   - Improve AMX documentation along with example code

   - Explicitly make some hardware constants part of the uabi"

* tag 'x86_fpu_for_6.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  Documentation/x86: Explain the state component permission for guests
  Documentation/x86: Add the AMX enabling example
  x86/arch_prctl: Add AMX feature numbers as ABI constants
  Documentation/x86: Explain the purpose for dynamic features
parents 4980c176 5fbff260
......@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@ are enabled by XCR0 as well, but the first use of related instruction is
trapped by the kernel because by default the required large XSTATE buffers
are not allocated automatically.
The purpose for dynamic features
--------------------------------
Legacy userspace libraries often have hard-coded, static sizes for
alternate signal stacks, often using MINSIGSTKSZ which is typically 2KB.
That stack must be able to store at *least* the signal frame that the
kernel sets up before jumping into the signal handler. That signal frame
must include an XSAVE buffer defined by the CPU.
However, that means that the size of signal stacks is dynamic, not static,
because different CPUs have differently-sized XSAVE buffers. A compiled-in
size of 2KB with existing applications is too small for new CPU features
like AMX. Instead of universally requiring larger stack, with the dynamic
enabling, the kernel can enforce userspace applications to have
properly-sized altstacks.
Using dynamically enabled XSTATE features in user space applications
--------------------------------------------------------------------
......@@ -64,6 +80,61 @@ the handler allocates a larger xstate buffer for the task so the large
state can be context switched. In the unlikely cases that the allocation
fails, the kernel sends SIGSEGV.
AMX TILE_DATA enabling example
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Below is the example of how userspace applications enable
TILE_DATA dynamically:
1. The application first needs to query the kernel for AMX
support::
#include <asm/prctl.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#ifndef ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP
#define ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP 0x1021
#endif
#ifndef ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG
#define ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG 17
#endif
#ifndef ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA
#define ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA 18
#endif
#define MASK_XCOMP_TILE ((1 << ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG) | \
(1 << ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA))
unsigned long features;
long rc;
...
rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP, &features);
if (!rc && (features & MASK_XCOMP_TILE) == MASK_XCOMP_TILE)
printf("AMX is available.\n");
2. After that, determining support for AMX, an application must
explicitly ask permission to use it::
#ifndef ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM
#define ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM 0x1023
#endif
...
rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM, ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA);
if (!rc)
printf("AMX is ready for use.\n");
Note this example does not include the sigaltstack preparation.
Dynamic features in signal frames
---------------------------------
......@@ -72,3 +143,32 @@ entry if the feature is in its initial configuration. This differs from
non-dynamic features which are always written regardless of their
configuration. Signal handlers can examine the XSAVE buffer's XSTATE_BV
field to determine if a features was written.
Dynamic features for virtual machines
-------------------------------------
The permission for the guest state component needs to be managed separately
from the host, as they are exclusive to each other. A coupled of options
are extended to control the guest permission:
-ARCH_GET_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM
arch_prctl(ARCH_GET_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM, &features);
ARCH_GET_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM is a variant of ARCH_GET_XCOMP_PERM. So it
provides the same semantics and functionality but for the guest
components.
-ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM
arch_prctl(ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM, feature_nr);
ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM is a variant of ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM. It has the
same semantics for the guest permission. While providing a similar
functionality, this comes with a constraint. Permission is frozen when the
first VCPU is created. Any attempt to change permission after that point
is going to be rejected. So, the permission has to be requested before the
first VCPU creation.
Note that some VMMs may have already established a set of supported state
components. These options are not presumed to support any particular VMM.
......@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
#define ARCH_GET_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM 0x1024
#define ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_GUEST_PERM 0x1025
#define ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG 17
#define ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA 18
#define ARCH_MAP_VDSO_X32 0x2001
#define ARCH_MAP_VDSO_32 0x2002
#define ARCH_MAP_VDSO_64 0x2003
......
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