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3 RISC-V Hardware Probing Interface
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6 The RISC-V hardware probing interface is based around a single syscall, which
7 is defined in <asm/hwprobe.h>::
14 long sys_riscv_hwprobe(struct riscv_hwprobe *pairs, size_t pair_count,
15 size_t cpu_count, cpu_set_t *cpus,
18 The arguments are split into three groups: an array of key-value pairs, a CPU
19 set, and some flags. The key-value pairs are supplied with a count. Userspace
20 must prepopulate the key field for each element, and the kernel will fill in the
21 value if the key is recognized. If a key is unknown to the kernel, its key field
22 will be cleared to -1, and its value set to 0. The CPU set is defined by
23 CPU_SET(3). For value-like keys (eg. vendor/arch/impl), the returned value will
24 be only be valid if all CPUs in the given set have the same value. Otherwise -1
25 will be returned. For boolean-like keys, the value returned will be a logical
26 AND of the values for the specified CPUs. Usermode can supply NULL for cpus and
27 0 for cpu_count as a shortcut for all online CPUs. There are currently no flags,
28 this value must be zero for future compatibility.
30 On success 0 is returned, on failure a negative error code is returned.
32 The following keys are defined:
34 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MVENDORID`: Contains the value of ``mvendorid``,
35 as defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
37 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MARCHID`: Contains the value of ``marchid``, as
38 defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
40 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPLID`: Contains the value of ``mimplid``, as
41 defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
43 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_BASE_BEHAVIOR`: A bitmask containing the base
44 user-visible behavior that this kernel supports. The following base user ABIs
47 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: Support for rv32ima or
48 rv64ima, as defined by version 2.2 of the user ISA and version 1.10 of the
49 privileged ISA, with the following known exceptions (more exceptions may be
50 added, but only if it can be demonstrated that the user ABI is not broken):
52 * The ``fence.i`` instruction cannot be directly executed by userspace
53 programs (it may still be executed in userspace via a
54 kernel-controlled mechanism such as the vDSO).
56 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_0`: A bitmask containing the extensions
57 that are compatible with the :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`:
60 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD`: The F and D extensions are supported, as
61 defined by commit cd20cee ("FMIN/FMAX now implement
62 minimumNumber/maximumNumber, not minNum/maxNum") of the RISC-V ISA manual.
64 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_C`: The C extension is supported, as defined
65 by version 2.2 of the RISC-V ISA manual.
67 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_V`: The V extension is supported, as defined by
68 version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
70 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBA`: The Zba address generation extension is
71 supported, as defined in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA
74 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBB`: The Zbb extension is supported, as defined
75 in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA extensions.
77 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBS`: The Zbs extension is supported, as defined
78 in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA extensions.
80 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0`: A bitmask that contains performance
81 information about the selected set of processors.
83 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
86 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_EMULATED`: Misaligned accesses are
87 emulated via software, either in or below the kernel. These accesses are
88 always extremely slow.
90 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SLOW`: Misaligned accesses are supported
91 in hardware, but are slower than the cooresponding aligned accesses
94 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST`: Misaligned accesses are supported
95 in hardware and are faster than the cooresponding aligned accesses
98 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned accesses are
99 not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault.