Documentation/x86: Add the AMX enabling example
authorChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:18:59 +0000 (16:18 -0800)
committerDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:07:58 +0000 (13:07 -0700)
Explain steps to enable the dynamic feature with a code example.

Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230121001900.14900-4-chang.seok.bae%40intel.com
Documentation/x86/xstate.rst

index e954e79..23b1c9f 100644 (file)
@@ -80,6 +80,61 @@ the handler allocates a larger xstate buffer for the task so the large
 state can be context switched. In the unlikely cases that the allocation
 fails, the kernel sends SIGSEGV.
 
+AMX TILE_DATA enabling example
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Below is the example of how userspace applications enable
+TILE_DATA dynamically:
+
+  1. The application first needs to query the kernel for AMX
+     support::
+
+        #include <asm/prctl.h>
+        #include <sys/syscall.h>
+        #include <stdio.h>
+        #include <unistd.h>
+
+        #ifndef ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP
+        #define ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP  0x1021
+        #endif
+
+        #ifndef ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG
+        #define ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG   17
+        #endif
+
+        #ifndef ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA
+        #define ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA  18
+        #endif
+
+        #define MASK_XCOMP_TILE      ((1 << ARCH_XCOMP_TILECFG) | \
+                                      (1 << ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA))
+
+        unsigned long features;
+        long rc;
+
+        ...
+
+        rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP, &features);
+
+        if (!rc && (features & MASK_XCOMP_TILE) == MASK_XCOMP_TILE)
+            printf("AMX is available.\n");
+
+  2. After that, determining support for AMX, an application must
+     explicitly ask permission to use it::
+
+        #ifndef ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM
+        #define ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM  0x1023
+        #endif
+
+        ...
+
+        rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM, ARCH_XCOMP_TILEDATA);
+
+        if (!rc)
+            printf("AMX is ready for use.\n");
+
+Note this example does not include the sigaltstack preparation.
+
 Dynamic features in signal frames
 ---------------------------------