[PATCH 00/10] arm64: support Armv8.8 memcpy instructions in userspace

From: Kristina Martsenko
Date: Thu Feb 16 2023 - 11:01:30 EST


The Armv8.8 extension adds new instructions to perform memcpy(), memset() and
memmove() operations in hardware (FEAT_MOPS). The aim is to avoid having many
different performance-optimal memcpy implementations in software (tailored to
CPU model and copy size) and the overhead of selecting between them. The new
instructions are intended to be at least as fast as any alternative instruction
sequence.

This series adds support for using the new instructions in userspace. The most
noteworthy part is some exception handling for when there are different memcpy
implementations in the same system. In addition, the first patches in the
series set up basic handling for the new HCRX_EL2 register (added in Armv8.7),
which is needed to disable MOPS in KVM guests for now.

Support for using memcpy instructions in KVM guests will follow in a future
series, as well as kselftests and more debug support.


Kristina Martsenko (10):
KVM: arm64: initialize HCRX_EL2
arm64: cpufeature: detect FEAT_HCX
KVM: arm64: switch HCRX_EL2 between host and guest
arm64: mops: document boot requirements for MOPS
arm64: mops: don't disable host MOPS instructions from EL2
KVM: arm64: hide MOPS from guests
arm64: mops: handle MOPS exceptions
arm64: mops: handle single stepping after MOPS exception
arm64: mops: detect and enable FEAT_MOPS
arm64: mops: allow disabling MOPS from the kernel command line

.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++
Documentation/arm64/booting.rst | 8 +++
Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst | 2 +
Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst | 3 ++
arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 8 ---
arch/arm64/include/asm/esr.h | 11 +++-
arch/arm64/include/asm/exception.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 4 ++
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 31 +++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 11 ++++
arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 7 +++
arch/arm64/kernel/idreg-override.c | 2 +
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h | 6 +++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-init.S | 6 +++
arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 2 +
20 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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