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Because of the effect of SVE on the size of the signal frame, the default vector length used for new processes involves a tradeoff between performance of SVE-enabled software on the one hand, and reliability of non-SVE-aware software on the other hand. For this reason, the best choice depends on the repertoire of userspace software in use and is thus best left up to distro maintainers, sysadmins and developers. If CONFIG_SYSCTL and CONFIG_PROC_SYSCTL are enabled, this patch exposes the default vector length in /proc/sys/abi/sve_default_vector_length, where boot scripts or the adventurous can poke it. In common with other arm64 ABI sysctls, this control is currently global: setting it requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the root user namespace, but the value set is effective for subsequent execs in all namespaces. The control only affects _new_ processes, however: changing it does not affect the vector length of any existing process. The intended usage model is that if userspace is known to be fully SVE-tolerant (or a developer is curious to find out) then this parameter can be cranked up during system startup. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.