arm64: Add HWCAP for self-synchronising virtual counter
authorMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:42:25 +0000 (13:42 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:22:33 +0000 (12:22 +0100)
commitf0c559c38e986f832fe3e8721faae6d222a7fa76
treef0d8fd3b9927ae81a309f9f9715f44e308ce3854
parentd82f489cbbdba166c36961ceda4d6701aa397381
arm64: Add HWCAP for self-synchronising virtual counter

commit fee29f008aa3f2aff01117f28b57b1145d92cb9b upstream.

Since userspace can make use of the CNTVSS_EL0 instruction, expose
it via a HWCAP.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211017124225.3018098-18-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.rst
Documentation/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst
arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c