From 7f9daaf59e14d62b29b6f4ca743e17bf96ff42ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chang S. Bae" Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:18:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Add the AMX enabling example Explain steps to enable the dynamic feature with a code example. Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya Reviewed-by: Tony Luck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230121001900.14900-4-chang.seok.bae%40intel.com --- Documentation/x86/xstate.rst | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst index e954e79..23b1c9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst @@ -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 + #include + #include + #include + + #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 --------------------------------- -- 2.7.4