[PATCH v2 1/3] arm64/sme: Support disabling streaming mode via ptrace on SME only systems
David Spickett
david.spickett at linaro.org
Wed Oct 29 08:23:30 PDT 2025
I have put the LLDB changes for this into review.
We are tracking SME only support in this issue:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/138717
The PRs that relate to these kernel changes are
listed in this comment:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/138717#issuecomment-3456979166
LLDB's use case for this new ptrace feature is to restore
process state after expression evaluation takes a process
from non-streaming to streaming mode. We have a specific
code path to handle that restoration, and it was not a
problem to integrate this new ptrace feature.
I have proven with testcases that LLDB can restore
any streaming mode/ZA/streaming vector length
combination, starting from any other combination.
The LLDB changes will remain in review until if/when
these kernel changes are accepted. I expect LLDB
reviewers will be ok approving changes on the condition
that I wait for the kernel side before merging.
I expect LLDB review to take some time, likely a month,
due to the availability of reviewers at this time.
Reviewed-by: David Spickett <david.spickett at linaro.org>
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