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The activity monitors extension is an optional extension introduced by the ARMv8.4 CPU architecture. In order to access the activity monitors counters safely, if desired, the kernel should detect the presence of the extension through the feature register, and mediate the access. Therefore, disable direct accesses to activity monitors counters from EL0 (userspace) and trap them to EL1 (kernel). To be noted that the ARM64_AMU_EXTN kernel config does not have an effect on this code. Given that the amuserenr_el0 resets to an UNKNOWN value, setting the trap of EL0 accesses to EL1 is always attempted for safety and security considerations. Therefore firmware should still ensure accesses to AMU registers are not trapped in EL2/EL3 as this code cannot be bypassed if the CPU implements the Activity Monitors Unit. Signed-off-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com> Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.