[PATCH v3 20/28] arm64/sve: Add prctl controls for userspace vector length management

Dave Martin Dave.Martin at arm.com
Tue Oct 10 11:38:37 PDT 2017


This patch adds two arm64-specific prctls, to permit userspace to
control its vector length:

 * PR_SVE_SET_VL: set the thread's SVE vector length and vector
   length inheritance mode.

 * PR_SVE_GET_VL: get the same information.

Although these calls shadow instruction set features in the SVE
architecture, these prctls provide additional control: the vector
length inheritance mode is Linux-specific and nothing to do with
the architecture, and the architecture does not permit EL0 to set
its own vector length directly.  Both can be used in portable tools
without requiring the use of SVE instructions.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee at linaro.org>

---

Dropped Alex Bennée's Reviewed-by, since there are non-trivial changes
since v2.

Changes since v2
----------------

Bug fixes:

 * Remove preempt_disable() from sve_set_current_vl(), since it's
   (a) wrong, and (b) moved to sve_set_vector_length().

   This was a legacy from before migration to allowing kernel_neon_begin()
   in softirq.

ABI changes:

 * Changed return value of PR_SVE_SET_VL to encode the vector length
   deferred for the next exec, when PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC is passed.

   This allows a caller to probe for supported VLs without
   changing the current VL.

   Without this change, the return value is not very informative
   in this case, since the current VL doesn't change.

   Without PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC, the new current VL is returned,
   as in v2.
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h    | 14 +++++++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h |  4 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c         | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/prctl.h         |  4 +++
 kernel/sys.c                       | 12 +++++++++
 5 files changed, 84 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
index ee6db38..3cfdfbe 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define __ASM_FP_H
 
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/errno.h>
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ extern void sve_sync_from_fpsimd_zeropad(struct task_struct *task);
 extern int sve_set_vector_length(struct task_struct *task,
 				 unsigned long vl, unsigned long flags);
 
+extern int sve_set_current_vl(unsigned long arg);
+extern int sve_get_current_vl(void);
+
 /*
  * Probing and setup functions.
  * Calls to these functions must be serialised with one another.
@@ -116,6 +120,16 @@ static void __maybe_unused sve_sync_to_fpsimd(struct task_struct *task) { }
 static void __maybe_unused sve_sync_from_fpsimd_zeropad(
 	struct task_struct *task) { }
 
+static int __maybe_unused sve_set_current_vl(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int __maybe_unused sve_get_current_vl(void)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static void __maybe_unused sve_init_vq_map(void) { }
 static void __maybe_unused sve_update_vq_map(void) { }
 static int __maybe_unused sve_verify_vq_map(void) { return 0; }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index 3faceac..df66452 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -197,4 +197,8 @@ static inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *ptr)
 int cpu_enable_pan(void *__unused);
 int cpu_enable_cache_maint_trap(void *__unused);
 
+/* Userspace interface for PR_SVE_{SET,GET}_VL prctl()s: */
+#define SVE_SET_VL(arg)	sve_set_current_vl(arg)
+#define SVE_GET_VL()	sve_get_current_vl()
+
 #endif /* __ASM_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index 6db9f30..2c23e4a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -569,6 +570,55 @@ int sve_set_vector_length(struct task_struct *task,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Encode the current vector length and flags for return.
+ * This is only required for prctl(): ptrace has separate fields
+ *
+ * flags are as for sve_set_vector_length().
+ */
+static int sve_prctl_status(unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (flags & PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC)
+		ret = current->thread.sve_vl_onexec;
+	else
+		ret = current->thread.sve_vl;
+
+	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SVE_VL_INHERIT))
+		ret |= PR_SVE_VL_INHERIT;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* PR_SVE_SET_VL */
+int sve_set_current_vl(unsigned long arg)
+{
+	unsigned long vl, flags;
+	int ret;
+
+	vl = arg & PR_SVE_VL_LEN_MASK;
+	flags = arg & ~vl;
+
+	if (!system_supports_sve())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = sve_set_vector_length(current, vl, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return sve_prctl_status(flags);
+}
+
+/* PR_SVE_GET_VL */
+int sve_get_current_vl(void)
+{
+	if (!system_supports_sve())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return sve_prctl_status(0);
+}
+
+/*
  * Bitmap for temporary storage of the per-CPU set of supported vector lengths
  * during secondary boot.
  */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 1b64901..1ef9370 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 # define PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL	4
 
 /* arm64 Scalable Vector Extension controls */
+/* Flag values must be kept in sync with ptrace NT_ARM_SVE interface */
+#define PR_SVE_SET_VL			48	/* set task vector length */
 # define PR_SVE_SET_VL_ONEXEC		(1 << 18) /* defer effect until exec */
+#define PR_SVE_GET_VL			49	/* get task vector length */
+/* Bits common to PR_SVE_SET_VL and PR_SVE_GET_VL */
 # define PR_SVE_VL_LEN_MASK		0xffff
 # define PR_SVE_VL_INHERIT		(1 << 17) /* inherit across exec */
 
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 9aebc29..c541916 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@
 #ifndef SET_FP_MODE
 # define SET_FP_MODE(a,b)	(-EINVAL)
 #endif
+#ifndef SVE_SET_VL
+# define SVE_SET_VL(a)		(-EINVAL)
+#endif
+#ifndef SVE_GET_VL
+# define SVE_GET_VL()		(-EINVAL)
+#endif
 
 /*
  * this is where the system-wide overflow UID and GID are defined, for
@@ -2385,6 +2391,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
 	case PR_GET_FP_MODE:
 		error = GET_FP_MODE(me);
 		break;
+	case PR_SVE_SET_VL:
+		error = SVE_SET_VL(arg2);
+		break;
+	case PR_SVE_GET_VL:
+		error = SVE_GET_VL();
+		break;
 	default:
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		break;
-- 
2.1.4




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