From 40a1db2434a1b62332b1af25cfa14d7b8c0301fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 18:46:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] arm64: elf: advertise 8.1 atomic instructions as new hwcap The ARM v8.1 architecture introduces new atomic instructions to the A64 instruction set for things like cmpxchg, so advertise their availability to userspace using a hwcap. Reviewed-by: Steve Capper Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 1 + arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h index 73cf0f54d57c..361c8a8ef55f 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h @@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ #define HWCAP_SHA1 (1 << 5) #define HWCAP_SHA2 (1 << 6) #define HWCAP_CRC32 (1 << 7) +#define HWCAP_ATOMICS (1 << 8) #endif /* _UAPI__ASM_HWCAP_H */ diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c index e7a1e719f127..b2f9895ecf7b 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c @@ -278,6 +278,19 @@ static void __init setup_processor(void) if (block && !(block & 0x8)) elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_CRC32; + block = (features >> 20) & 0xf; + if (!(block & 0x8)) { + switch (block) { + default: + case 2: + elf_hwcap |= HWCAP_ATOMICS; + case 1: + /* RESERVED */ + case 0: + break; + } + } + #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT /* * ID_ISAR5_EL1 carries similar information as above, but pertaining to @@ -457,6 +470,7 @@ static const char *hwcap_str[] = { "sha1", "sha2", "crc32", + "atomics", NULL }; -- 2.34.1