[PATCH v4 7/7] RISC-V: hwprobe: Document unaligned vector perf key

Charlie Jenkins charlie at rivosinc.com
Thu Jul 11 15:23:11 PDT 2024


On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 05:58:46PM -0400, Jesse Taube wrote:
> Document key for reporting the speed of unaligned vector accesses.
> The descriptions are the same as the scalar equivalent values.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jesse at rivosinc.com>
> ---
> V1 -> V2:
>   - New patch
> V2 -> V3:
>  - Specify access width
> V3 -> V4:
>  - Clarify we're talking about byte accesses using vector registers
>  - Spell out _VECTOR_ in macros
> ---
>  Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> index 78acd37b6477..f83a13dc4cbc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> @@ -238,3 +238,19 @@ The following keys are defined:
>  
>  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
>    represents the size of the Zicboz block in bytes.
> +
> +* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_PERF`: An enum value describing the
> +     performance of misaligned vector accesses on the selected set of processors.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
> +    vector accesses is unknown.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector
> +    registers are slower than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers.
> +    Misaligned accesses may be supported directly in hardware, or trapped and emulated by software.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector
> +    registers are faster than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers.
> +
> +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned vector accesses are
> +    not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault.
> -- 
> 2.45.2
> 

Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com>




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