From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong(a)hisilicon.com>
Armv8.7 introduces single-copy atomic 64-byte loads and stores
instructions and its variants named under FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}.
Add support for Armv8.7 FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}:
- Add identifying and enabling in the cpufeature list
- Expose the support of these features to userspace through HWCAP3
and cpuinfo
- Add related hwcap test
- Handle the trap of unsupported memory (normal/uncacheable) access in a VM
A real scenario for this feature is that the userspace driver can make use of
this to implement direct WQE (workqueue entry) - a mechanism to fill WQE
directly into the hardware.
Picked Marc's 2 patches form [1] for handling the LS64 trap in a VM on emulated
MMIO and the introduce of KVM_EXIT_ARM_LDST64B.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20240815125959.2097734-1-maz@kerne…
Tested with updated hwcap test:
[root@localhost tmp]# dmesg | grep "All CPU(s) started"
[ 14.789859] CPU: All CPU(s) started at EL2
[root@localhost tmp]# ./hwcap
# LS64 present
ok 217 cpuinfo_match_LS64
ok 218 sigill_LS64
ok 219 # SKIP sigbus_LS64_V
# LS64_V present
ok 220 cpuinfo_match_LS64_V
ok 221 sigill_LS64_V
ok 222 # SKIP sigbus_LS64_V
# 115 skipped test(s) detected. Consider enabling relevant config options to improve coverage.
# Totals: pass:107 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:115 error:0
root@localhost:/mnt# dmesg | grep "All CPU(s) started"
[ 0.281152] CPU: All CPU(s) started at EL1
root@localhost:/mnt# ./hwcap
# LS64 present
ok 217 cpuinfo_match_LS64
ok 218 sigill_LS64
ok 219 # SKIP sigbus_LS64
# LS64_V present
ok 220 cpuinfo_match_LS64_V
ok 221 sigill_LS64_V
ok 222 # SKIP sigbus_LS64_V
# 115 skipped test(s) detected. Consider enabling relevant config options to improve coverage.
# Totals: pass:107 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:115 error:0
Change since v4:
- Rebase on v6.17-rc2 and fix the conflicts
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250715081356.12442-1-yangyicong@…
Change since v3:
- Inject DABT fault for LS64 fault on unsupported memory but with valid memslot
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250626080906.64230-1-yangyicong@…
Change since v2:
- Handle the LS64 fault to userspace and allow userspace to inject LS64 fault
- Reorder the patches to make KVM handling prior to feature support
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20250331094320.35226-1-yangyicong@…
Change since v1:
- Drop the support for LS64_ACCDATA
- handle the DABT of unsupported memory type after checking the memory attributes
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20241202135504.14252-1-yangyicong@…
Marc Zyngier (2):
KVM: arm64: Add exit to userspace on {LD,ST}64B* outside of memslots
KVM: arm64: Add documentation for KVM_EXIT_ARM_LDST64B
Yicong Yang (5):
KVM: arm64: Handle DABT caused by LS64* instructions on unsupported
memory
arm64: Provide basic EL2 setup for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V} usage at EL0/1
arm64: Add support for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}
KVM: arm64: Enable FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V} in the supported guest
kselftest/arm64: Add HWCAP test for FEAT_{LS64, LS64_V}
Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst | 12 +++
Documentation/arch/arm64/elf_hwcaps.rst | 6 ++
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 43 +++++++++--
arch/arm64/include/asm/el2_setup.h | 12 ++-
arch/arm64/include/asm/esr.h | 8 ++
arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 7 ++
arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 51 +++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 2 +
arch/arm64/kvm/inject_fault.c | 22 ++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c | 27 ++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 14 +++-
arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 2 +
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +-
tools/testing/selftests/arm64/abi/hwcap.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++
16 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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Summary
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Hi, everyone,
This patch set introduces an extensible cpuidle governor framework
using BPF struct_ops, enabling dynamic implementation of idle-state selection policies
via BPF programs.
Motivation
----------
As is well-known, CPUs support multiple idle states (e.g., C0, C1, C2, ...),
where deeper states reduce power consumption, but results in longer wakeup latency,
potentially affecting performance.
Existing generic cpuidle governors operate effectively in common scenarios
but exhibit suboptimal behavior in specific Android phone's use cases.
Our testing reveals that during low-utilization scenarios
(e.g., screen-off background tasks like music playback with CPU utilization <10%),
the C0 state occupies ~50% of idle time, causing significant energy inefficiency.
Reducing C0 to ≤20% could yield ≥5% power savings on mobile phones.
To address this, we expect:
1.Dynamic governor switching to power-saved policies for low cpu utilization scenarios (e.g., screen-off mode)
2.Dynamic switching to alternate governors for high-performance scenarios (e.g., gaming)
OverView
----------
The BPF cpuidle ext governor registers at postcore_initcall()
but remains disabled by default due to its low priority "rating" with value "1".
Activation requires adjust higer "rating" than other governors within BPF.
Core Components:
1.**struct cpuidle_gov_ext_ops** – BPF-overridable operations:
- ops.enable()/ops.disable(): enable or disable callback
- ops.select(): cpu Idle-state selection logic
- ops.set_stop_tick(): Scheduler tick management after state selection
- ops.reflect(): feedback info about previous idle state.
- ops.init()/ops.deinit(): Initialization or cleanup.
2.**Critical kfuncs for kernel state access**:
- bpf_cpuidle_ext_gov_update_rating():
Activate ext governor by raising rating must be called from "ops.init()"
- bpf_cpuidle_ext_gov_latency_req(): get idle-state latency constraints
- bpf_tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(): get CPU sleep duration in tickless mode
Future work
----------
1. Scenario detection: Identifying low-utilization states (e.g., screen-off + background music)
2. Policy optimization: Optimizing state-selection algorithms for specific scenarios
Lin Yikai (2):
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/2] cpuidle: Implement BPF extensible cpuidle class
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/bpf: Add selftests
drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig | 12 +
drivers/cpuidle/governors/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/cpuidle/governors/ext.c | 537 ++++++++++++++++++
.../bpf/prog_tests/test_cpuidle_gov_ext.c | 28 +
.../selftests/bpf/progs/cpuidle_gov_ext.c | 208 +++++++
5 files changed, 786 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/cpuidle/governors/ext.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_cpuidle_gov_ext.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/cpuidle_gov_ext.c
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