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Mark Brown c0139f6cbb arm64/ptrace: Clarify documentation of VL configuration via ptrace
When we configure SVE, SSVE or ZA via ptrace we allow the user to configure
the vector length and specify any of the flags that are accepted when
configuring via prctl(). This includes the S[VM]E_SET_VL_ONEXEC flag which
defers the configuration of the VL until an exec(). We don't do anything to
limit the provision of register data as part of configuring the _ONEXEC VL
but as a function of the VL enumeration support we do this will be
interpreted using the vector length currently configured for the process.

This is all a bit surprising, and probably we should just not have allowed
register data to be specified with _ONEXEC, but it's our ABI so let's
add some explicit documentation in both the ABI documents and the source
calling out what happens.

The comments are also missing the fact that since SME does not have a
mandatory 128 bit VL it is possible for VL enumeration to result in the
configuration of a higher VL than was requested, cover that too.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241106-arm64-sve-ptrace-vl-set-v1-1-3b164e8b559c@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2024-11-12 14:53:34 +00:00
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Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.