[PATCH v10 6/6] RISC-V: hwprobe: Document unaligned vector perf key
Charlie Jenkins
charlie at rivosinc.com
Thu Oct 17 12:00:23 PDT 2024
From: Jesse Taube <jesse at rivosinc.com>
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>
Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com>
---
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 85b709257918..ea4e0b9c73e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
@@ -274,3 +274,19 @@ The following keys are defined:
represent the highest userspace virtual address usable.
* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_TIME_CSR_FREQ`: Frequency (in Hz) of `time CSR`.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF`: An enum value describing the
+ performance of misaligned vector accesses on the selected set of processors.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
+ vector accesses is unknown.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_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_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_FAST`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector
+ registers are faster than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned vector accesses are
+ not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault.
--
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