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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst b/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst index 93c2c2990584..f338ee2df46d 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/sve.rst @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ the SVE instruction set architecture. * On syscall, V0..V31 are preserved (as without SVE). Thus, bits [127:0] of Z0..Z31 are preserved. All other bits of Z0..Z31, and all of P0..P15 and FFR - become unspecified on return from a syscall. + become zero on return from a syscall. * The SVE registers are not used to pass arguments to or receive results from any syscall. @@ -452,6 +452,24 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_sve_header, containing: * Modifying the system default vector length does not affect the vector length of any existing process or thread that does not make an execve() call. +10. Perf extensions +-------------------------------- + +* The arm64 specific DWARF standard [5] added the VG (Vector Granule) register + at index 46. This register is used for DWARF unwinding when variable length + SVE registers are pushed onto the stack. + +* Its value is equivalent to the current SVE vector length (VL) in bits divided + by 64. + +* The value is included in Perf samples in the regs[46] field if + PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER is set and the sample_regs_user mask has bit 46 set. + +* The value is the current value at the time the sample was taken, and it can + change over time. + +* If the system doesn't support SVE when perf_event_open is called with these + settings, the event will fail to open. Appendix A. SVE programmer's model (informative) ================================================= @@ -593,3 +611,5 @@ References http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055c/IHI0055C_beta_aapcs64.pdf http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.subset.swdev.abi/index.html Procedure Call Standard for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64) + +[5] https://github.com/ARM-software/abi-aa/blob/main/aadwarf64/aadwarf64.rst |