[PATCH v8 0/7] Add support for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V} and related tests
Zhou Wang
wangzhou1 at hisilicon.com
Thu Jan 8 01:20:43 PST 2026
On 2025/12/23 17:33, Zhou Wang wrote:
> Armv8.7 introduces single-copy atomic 64-byte loads and stores
> instructions and its variants named under FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}.
> Add support for Armv8.7 FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}:
> - Add identifying and enabling in the cpufeature list
> - Expose the support of FEAT_LS64 to userspace through HWCAP3 and cpuinfo
> - Add related hwcap test
> - Handle the trap of unsupported memory (normal/uncacheable) access in a VM
>
> A real scenario for this feature is that the userspace driver can make use of
> this to implement direct WQE (workqueue entry) - a mechanism to fill WQE
> directly into the hardware.
>
> Picked Marc's 2 patches form [1] for handling the LS64 trap in a VM on emulated
> MMIO and the introduce of KVM_EXIT_ARM_LDST64B.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240815125959.2097734-1-maz@kernel.org/
Hi,
Gentle ping about this series... If there is no more comment, is there a chance to
take it in this cycle?
Best,
Zhou
>
> Tested with updated hwcap test(host in VHE):
> [root at localhost tmp]# ./hwcap
> [...]
> # LS64 present
> ok 226 cpuinfo_match_LS64
> ok 227 sigill_LS64
> ok 228 # SKIP sigbus_LS64
> # 120 skipped test(s) detected. Consider enabling relevant config options to improve coverage.
> # Totals: pass:108 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:120 error:0
>
> Tested with updated hwcap test(guest in VHE):
> root at localhost:/mnt# ./hwcap
> [...]
> # LS64 present
> ok 226 cpuinfo_match_LS64
> ok 227 sigill_LS64
> ok 228 # SKIP sigbus_LS64
> # 120 skipped test(s) detected. Consider enabling relevant config options to improve coverage.
> # Totals: pass:108 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:120 error:0
>
> Tested nVHE case as well, same log as above.
>
> Change since v7:
> - Tiny spelling fix in 1/7
> - Change the order between 5/7 and 6/7
> - Remove has_ls64, use has_cpuid_feature directly in 6/7
> - Add Acked-by from Arnd and Oliver
> - Trap st64bv from EL0 to EL1/EL2
> - Rebase on v6.19-rc1
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251107072127.448953-1-wangzhou1@hisilicon.com/
>
> Change since v6:
> - Add exception inject about nested VM in 3/7
> - Remove __maybe_unused related codes in 7/7, replace to use asm clobber
> - Add my signoff in each patch
> - Rebase on v6.18-rc4
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251024090819.4097819-1-wangzhou1@hisilicon.com/
>
> Change since v5:
> - Rebase on v6.18-rc2 and fix the conflicts
> - Add more description in elf_hwcaps.rst as suggested by Catalin Marinas
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250818064806.25417-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
>
> Change since v4:
> - Rebase on v6.17-rc2 and fix the conflicts
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250715081356.12442-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
>
> Change since v3:
> - Inject DABT fault for LS64 fault on unsupported memory but with valid memslot
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250626080906.64230-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
>
> Change since v2:
> - Handle the LS64 fault to userspace and allow userspace to inject LS64 fault
> - Reorder the patches to make KVM handling prior to feature support
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250331094320.35226-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
>
> Change since v1:
> - Drop the support for LS64_ACCDATA
> - handle the DABT of unsupported memory type after checking the memory attributes
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20241202135504.14252-1-yangyicong@huawei.com/
>
> Marc Zyngier (2):
> KVM: arm64: Add exit to userspace on {LD,ST}64B* outside of memslots
> KVM: arm64: Add documentation for KVM_EXIT_ARM_LDST64B
>
> Yicong Yang (5):
> KVM: arm64: Handle DABT caused by LS64* instructions on unsupported
> memory
> arm64: Provide basic EL2 setup for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V} usage at EL0/1
> KVM: arm64: Enable FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V} in the supported guest
> arm64: Add support for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}
> kselftest/arm64: Add HWCAP test for FEAT_LS64
>
> Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst | 12 ++++++
> Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst | 7 ++++
> Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 43 ++++++++++++++++----
> arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 12 +++++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/esr.h | 8 ++++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 7 ++++
> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 28 +++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kvm/inject_fault.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c | 27 ++++++++++++-
> arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 14 ++++++-
> arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 2 +
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/arm64/abi/hwcap.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 16 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
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