[PATCH] arm64: cpufeature: Add support for the MPAM v0.1 architecture version
Ben Horgan
ben.horgan at arm.com
Tue Jan 27 06:30:37 PST 2026
Hi Zeng,
On 1/4/26 13:34, Zeng Heng wrote:
> According to the MPAM spec [1], the supported architecture versions are
> v1.0, v1.1 and v0.1. MPAM versions v0.1 and v1.1 are functionally
> identical, but v0.1 additionally supports the FORCE_NS feature.
>
> ID_AA64PR | ID_AA64PR | MPAM Extension | Notes
> F0_EL1. | F1_EL1. | Architecture |
> MPAM | MPAM_frac | version |
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0b0000 | 0b0001 | v0.1 | MPAM v0.1 is implemented.
> | | | MPAM v0.1 is the same as MPAM v1.1
> | | | with FORCE_NS which is
> | | | incompatible with MPAM v1.0.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0b0001 | 0b0000 | v1.0 | MPAM v1.0 is implemented.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0b0001 | 0b0001 | v1.1 | MPAM v1.1 is implemented.
> | | | MPAM v1.1 includes all features of
> | | | MPAM v1.0.
> | | | It must not include FORCE_NS.
>
> FORCE_NS is a feature that operates in EL3 mode. Consequently, the current
> Linux MPAM driver is also compatible with MPAM v0.1. To support v0.1, the
> existing driver which only checks ID_AA64PFR0_EL1.MPAM for the major
> version needs to examine ID_AA64PFR1_EL1.MPAM_frac for the minor version
> as well.
>
> [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0598/db/?lang=en
>
> Signed-off-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4 at huawei.com>
So far we've avoided added MPAM 0.1 support as we don't know of any
machines using it. What's your motivation here? Do you have a machine
with MPAM 0.1 that runs mainline linux?
Thanks,
Ben
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