[PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: add HWCAP for FEAT_HBC (hinted conditional branches)

Joey Gouly joey.gouly at arm.com
Fri Aug 4 07:37:45 PDT 2023


Add a HWCAP for FEAT_HBC, so that userspace can make a decision on using
this feature.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h      | 1 +
 arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c      | 3 ++-
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c         | 1 +
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
index 692b1ec663b2..521267478d18 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_B16B16		__khwcap2_feature(SME_B16B16)
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F16F16		__khwcap2_feature(SME_F16F16)
 #define KERNEL_HWCAP_MOPS		__khwcap2_feature(MOPS)
+#define KERNEL_HWCAP_HBC		__khwcap2_feature(HBC)
 
 /*
  * This yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
index a2cac4305b1e..53026f45a509 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -103,5 +103,6 @@
 #define HWCAP2_SME_B16B16	(1UL << 41)
 #define HWCAP2_SME_F16F16	(1UL << 42)
 #define HWCAP2_MOPS		(1UL << 43)
+#define HWCAP2_HBC		(1UL << 44)
 
 #endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index f9d456fe132d..ac764c1dac36 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64isar1[] = {
 static const struct arm64_ftr_bits ftr_id_aa64isar2[] = {
 	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_CSSC_SHIFT, 4, 0),
 	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_NONSTRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_RPRFM_SHIFT, 4, 0),
-	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_HIDDEN, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_BC_SHIFT, 4, 0),
+	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_HIGHER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_BC_SHIFT, 4, 0),
 	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE, FTR_STRICT, FTR_LOWER_SAFE, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_MOPS_SHIFT, 4, 0),
 	ARM64_FTR_BITS(FTR_VISIBLE_IF_IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH),
 		       FTR_STRICT, FTR_EXACT, ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1_APA3_SHIFT, 4, 0),
@@ -2844,6 +2844,7 @@ static const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_elf_hwcaps[] = {
 	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1, RPRES, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_RPRES),
 	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1, WFxT, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_WFXT),
 	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1, MOPS, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_MOPS),
+	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1, BC, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_HBC),
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_SME
 	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64PFR1_EL1, SME, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_SME),
 	HWCAP_CAP(ID_AA64SMFR0_EL1, FA64, IMP, CAP_HWCAP, KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_FA64),
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index 58622dc85917..98fda8500535 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static const char *const hwcap_str[] = {
 	[KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_B16B16]	= "smeb16b16",
 	[KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F16F16]	= "smef16f16",
 	[KERNEL_HWCAP_MOPS]		= "mops",
+	[KERNEL_HWCAP_HBC]		= "hbc",
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-- 
2.25.1




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