[v1, 0/3] riscv: fix ptrace and export VLENB
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Wed Aug 23 12:40:23 PDT 2023
Hello:
This series was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
by Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:54:47 +0000 you wrote:
> We add a vlenb field in Vector context and save it with the
> riscv_vstate_save() macro. It should not cause performance regression as
> VLENB is a design-time constant and is frequently used by hardware.
> Also, adding this field into the __sc_riscv_v_state may benifit us on a
> future compatibility issue becuse a hardware may have writable VLENB.
>
> Adding and saving VLENB have an immediate benifit as it gives ptrace a
> better view of the Vector extension and makes it possible to reconstruct
> Vector register files from the dump without doing an additional csr read.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v1,1/3] RISC-V: Remove ptrace support for vectors
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/e3f9324b231a
- [v1,2/3] RISC-V: vector: export VLENB csr in __sc_riscv_v_state
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/c35f3aa34509
- [v1,3/3] RISC-V: Add ptrace support for vectors
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