From: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@ew.tq-group.com>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] arm64/hwcap: Generate the KERNEL_HWCAP_ definitions for the hwcaps
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:24:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8745494.GXAFRqVoOG@steina-w> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260302-arm64-dpisa-2025-v1-1-0855e7f41689@kernel.org>
Am Montag, 2. März 2026, 23:53:16 CEST schrieb Mark Brown:
> Currently for each hwcap we define both the HWCAPn_NAME definition which is
> exposed to userspace and a kernel internal KERNEL_HWCAP_NAME definition
> which we use internally. This is tedious and repetitive, instead use a
> script to generate the KERNEL_HWCAP_ definitions from the UAPI definitions.
>
> No functional changes intended.
Somehow this change causes to delete and generate kernel-hwcap.h on each
make call. This results in compiling essentially everything each time.
$ make Image
make[1]: Entering directory '/linux/build_arm64'
REMOVE arch/arm64/include/generated/asm/kernel-hwcap.h
GEN arch/arm64/include/generated/asm/kernel-hwcap.h
CC arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.s
CC kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s
^Cmake[3]: *** Deleting file 'kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s'
make[3]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:184: kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [/linux/Makefile:1371: prepare0] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [/linux/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Interrupt
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Interrupt
make Image
make[1]: Entering directory '/linux/build_arm64'
REMOVE arch/arm64/include/generated/asm/kernel-hwcap.h
GEN arch/arm64/include/generated/asm/kernel-hwcap.h
CC arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.s
CC kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s
CC arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.o
LD arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so.dbg
VDSOSYM include/generated/vdso-offsets.h
OBJCOPY arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.so
CC init/version.o
^Cmake[4]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:289: init/version.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:548: init] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [/linux/Makefile:2140: .] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [/linux/Makefile:248: __sub-make] Interrupt
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Interrupt
Best regards,
Alexander
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 120 +---------------------------------
> arch/arm64/tools/Makefile | 8 ++-
> arch/arm64/tools/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh | 23 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> index 72ea4bda79f3..abe8218b2325 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h
> @@ -60,126 +60,10 @@
> * of KERNEL_HWCAP_{feature}.
> */
> #define __khwcap_feature(x) const_ilog2(HWCAP_ ## x)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FP __khwcap_feature(FP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ASIMD __khwcap_feature(ASIMD)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_EVTSTRM __khwcap_feature(EVTSTRM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_AES __khwcap_feature(AES)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_PMULL __khwcap_feature(PMULL)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SHA1 __khwcap_feature(SHA1)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SHA2 __khwcap_feature(SHA2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_CRC32 __khwcap_feature(CRC32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ATOMICS __khwcap_feature(ATOMICS)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FPHP __khwcap_feature(FPHP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ASIMDHP __khwcap_feature(ASIMDHP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_CPUID __khwcap_feature(CPUID)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ASIMDRDM __khwcap_feature(ASIMDRDM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_JSCVT __khwcap_feature(JSCVT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FCMA __khwcap_feature(FCMA)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LRCPC __khwcap_feature(LRCPC)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_DCPOP __khwcap_feature(DCPOP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SHA3 __khwcap_feature(SHA3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SM3 __khwcap_feature(SM3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SM4 __khwcap_feature(SM4)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ASIMDDP __khwcap_feature(ASIMDDP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SHA512 __khwcap_feature(SHA512)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE __khwcap_feature(SVE)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ASIMDFHM __khwcap_feature(ASIMDFHM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_DIT __khwcap_feature(DIT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_USCAT __khwcap_feature(USCAT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ILRCPC __khwcap_feature(ILRCPC)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FLAGM __khwcap_feature(FLAGM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SSBS __khwcap_feature(SSBS)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SB __khwcap_feature(SB)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_PACA __khwcap_feature(PACA)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_PACG __khwcap_feature(PACG)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_GCS __khwcap_feature(GCS)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_CMPBR __khwcap_feature(CMPBR)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FPRCVT __khwcap_feature(FPRCVT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8MM8 __khwcap_feature(F8MM8)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8MM4 __khwcap_feature(F8MM4)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_F16MM __khwcap_feature(SVE_F16MM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_ELTPERM __khwcap_feature(SVE_ELTPERM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_AES2 __khwcap_feature(SVE_AES2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_BFSCALE __khwcap_feature(SVE_BFSCALE)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE2P2 __khwcap_feature(SVE2P2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME2P2 __khwcap_feature(SME2P2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SBITPERM __khwcap_feature(SME_SBITPERM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_AES __khwcap_feature(SME_AES)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SFEXPA __khwcap_feature(SME_SFEXPA)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_STMOP __khwcap_feature(SME_STMOP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SMOP4 __khwcap_feature(SME_SMOP4)
> -
> #define __khwcap2_feature(x) (const_ilog2(HWCAP2_ ## x) + 64)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_DCPODP __khwcap2_feature(DCPODP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE2 __khwcap2_feature(SVE2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEAES __khwcap2_feature(SVEAES)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEPMULL __khwcap2_feature(SVEPMULL)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEBITPERM __khwcap2_feature(SVEBITPERM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVESHA3 __khwcap2_feature(SVESHA3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVESM4 __khwcap2_feature(SVESM4)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FLAGM2 __khwcap2_feature(FLAGM2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FRINT __khwcap2_feature(FRINT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEI8MM __khwcap2_feature(SVEI8MM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEF32MM __khwcap2_feature(SVEF32MM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEF64MM __khwcap2_feature(SVEF64MM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVEBF16 __khwcap2_feature(SVEBF16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_I8MM __khwcap2_feature(I8MM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_BF16 __khwcap2_feature(BF16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_DGH __khwcap2_feature(DGH)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_RNG __khwcap2_feature(RNG)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_BTI __khwcap2_feature(BTI)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_MTE __khwcap2_feature(MTE)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_ECV __khwcap2_feature(ECV)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_AFP __khwcap2_feature(AFP)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_RPRES __khwcap2_feature(RPRES)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_MTE3 __khwcap2_feature(MTE3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME __khwcap2_feature(SME)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_I16I64 __khwcap2_feature(SME_I16I64)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F64F64 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F64F64)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_I8I32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_I8I32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F16F32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F16F32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_B16F32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_B16F32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F32F32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F32F32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_FA64 __khwcap2_feature(SME_FA64)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_WFXT __khwcap2_feature(WFXT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_EBF16 __khwcap2_feature(EBF16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_EBF16 __khwcap2_feature(SVE_EBF16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_CSSC __khwcap2_feature(CSSC)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_RPRFM __khwcap2_feature(RPRFM)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE2P1 __khwcap2_feature(SVE2P1)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME2 __khwcap2_feature(SME2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME2P1 __khwcap2_feature(SME2P1)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_I16I32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_I16I32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_BI32I32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_BI32I32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_B16B16 __khwcap2_feature(SME_B16B16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F16F16 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F16F16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_MOPS __khwcap2_feature(MOPS)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_HBC __khwcap2_feature(HBC)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SVE_B16B16 __khwcap2_feature(SVE_B16B16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LRCPC3 __khwcap2_feature(LRCPC3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LSE128 __khwcap2_feature(LSE128)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FPMR __khwcap2_feature(FPMR)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LUT __khwcap2_feature(LUT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_FAMINMAX __khwcap2_feature(FAMINMAX)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8CVT __khwcap2_feature(F8CVT)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8FMA __khwcap2_feature(F8FMA)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8DP4 __khwcap2_feature(F8DP4)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8DP2 __khwcap2_feature(F8DP2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8E4M3 __khwcap2_feature(F8E4M3)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_F8E5M2 __khwcap2_feature(F8E5M2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_LUTV2 __khwcap2_feature(SME_LUTV2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F8F16 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F8F16)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_F8F32 __khwcap2_feature(SME_F8F32)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SF8FMA __khwcap2_feature(SME_SF8FMA)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SF8DP4 __khwcap2_feature(SME_SF8DP4)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_SME_SF8DP2 __khwcap2_feature(SME_SF8DP2)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_POE __khwcap2_feature(POE)
> -
> #define __khwcap3_feature(x) (const_ilog2(HWCAP3_ ## x) + 128)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_MTE_FAR __khwcap3_feature(MTE_FAR)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_MTE_STORE_ONLY __khwcap3_feature(MTE_STORE_ONLY)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LSFE __khwcap3_feature(LSFE)
> -#define KERNEL_HWCAP_LS64 __khwcap3_feature(LS64)
> +
> +#include "asm/kernel-hwcap.h"
>
> /*
> * This yields a mask that user programs can use to figure out what
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile b/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
> index c2b34e761006..a94b3d9caad6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/tools/Makefile
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
> gen := arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated
> kapi := $(gen)/asm
>
> -kapisyshdr-y := cpucap-defs.h sysreg-defs.h
> +kapisyshdr-y := cpucap-defs.h kernel-hwcap.h sysreg-defs.h
>
> kapi-hdrs-y := $(addprefix $(kapi)/, $(kapisyshdr-y))
>
> @@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ kapi: $(kapi-hdrs-y)
> quiet_cmd_gen_cpucaps = GEN $@
> cmd_gen_cpucaps = mkdir -p $(dir $@); $(AWK) -f $(real-prereqs) > $@
>
> +quiet_cmd_gen_kernel_hwcap = GEN $@
> + cmd_gen_kernel_hwcap = mkdir -p $(dir $@); /bin/sh -e $(real-prereqs) > $@
> +
> quiet_cmd_gen_sysreg = GEN $@
> cmd_gen_sysreg = mkdir -p $(dir $@); $(AWK) -f $(real-prereqs) > $@
>
> $(kapi)/cpucap-defs.h: $(src)/gen-cpucaps.awk $(src)/cpucaps FORCE
> $(call if_changed,gen_cpucaps)
>
> +$(kapi)/kernel-hwcap.h: $(src)/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh $(srctree)/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h FORCE
> + $(call if_changed,gen_kernel_hwcap)
> +
> $(kapi)/sysreg-defs.h: $(src)/gen-sysreg.awk $(src)/sysreg FORCE
> $(call if_changed,gen_sysreg)
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/tools/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh b/arch/arm64/tools/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e7cdcf428d91
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/tools/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +#!/bin/sh -e
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#
> +# gen-kernel-hwcap.sh - Generate kernel internal hwcap.h definitions
> +#
> +# Copyright 2026 Arm, Ltd.
> +
> +if [ "$1" = "" ]; then
> + echo "$0: no filename specified"
> + exit 1
> +fi
> +
> +echo "#ifndef __ASM_KERNEL_HWCAPS_H"
> +echo "#define __ASM_KERNEL_HWCAPS_H"
> +echo ""
> +echo "/* Generated file - do not edit */"
> +echo ""
> +
> +grep -E '^#define HWCAP[0-9]*_[A-Z0-9_]+' $1 | \
> + sed 's/.*HWCAP\([0-9]*\)_\([A-Z0-9_]\+\).*/#define KERNEL_HWCAP_\2\t__khwcap\1_feature(\2)/'
> +
> +echo ""
> +echo "#endif /* __ASM_KERNEL_HWCAPS_H */"
>
>
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-02 22:53 [PATCH 0/8] arm64: Implement support for 2025 dpISA extensions Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 1/8] arm64/hwcap: Generate the KERNEL_HWCAP_ definitions for the hwcaps Mark Brown
2026-04-15 6:24 ` Alexander Stein [this message]
2026-04-15 8:09 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-04-15 9:07 ` Alexander Stein
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 2/8] arm64/sysreg: Update ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1 description to DDI0601 2025-12 Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 3/8] arm64/sysreg: Update ID_AA64ISAR2_EL1 " Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 4/8] arm64/sysreg: Update ID_AA64FPFR0_EL1 " Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 5/8] arm64/sysreg: Update ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1 " Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 6/8] arm64/sysreg: Update ID_AA64SMFR0_EL1 " Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 7/8] arm64/cpufeature: Define hwcaps for 2025 dpISA features Mark Brown
2026-04-09 11:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2026-04-09 12:12 ` Mark Brown
2026-03-02 22:53 ` [PATCH 8/8] kselftest/arm64: Add 2025 dpISA coverage to hwcaps Mark Brown
2026-04-09 18:35 ` (subset) [PATCH 0/8] arm64: Implement support for 2025 dpISA extensions Catalin Marinas
2026-04-09 18:39 ` Catalin Marinas
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