From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from www537.your-server.de (www537.your-server.de [188.40.3.216]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5D6238A721; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:24:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=188.40.3.216 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776234270; cv=none; b=fPJjvNP2j01hGrzJJ3inJnbQH7CT5qqRNNGl3vbVCRpDtNQ5AUoXtKQdr8dmNC5YI3wcRv5/DH1AcI2Sp++ISfYQUnRAi/Pqin39myEIpqJX0j3nbDmOwPcclegm/u4o+V2HQ9s3gAf7w8ffPU0TISIBfjglxSSWpSCVE2krojI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776234270; c=relaxed/simple; bh=BFVHN3I7gfk9e1GzV/aQxQYDBFEid/EYjJjrCi8oulA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DklYmfGweCWxtzMaO/7lXoskxT6xflpEHJeS8B4YdfUs1oFW5u2NDoLXDhLwuB5PB+WwxGoGSTeFv8lW1sUAaAnOhSKVXIP/FCRPLVk1Qj1vdqZAFQ1l7f3fVkQ7y2SybuZCfXPSvayuiNcvxa4xoyAA4hgv4rhqMd+tvu8KmzE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ew.tq-group.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ew.tq-group.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ew.tq-group.com header.i=@ew.tq-group.com header.b=UtOXXLwr; arc=none smtp.client-ip=188.40.3.216 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=ew.tq-group.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=ew.tq-group.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ew.tq-group.com header.i=@ew.tq-group.com header.b="UtOXXLwr" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ew.tq-group.com; s=default2602; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=cKvxKrEAPFq/y0IpQgm674FoRAJX/pUpi5+a8m7Kle8=; b=UtOXXLwrRkelyZ5PhfZiAj7mA0 HcTNrUWE4mTvsBHTkJkOPbEBh5qsWH2bp3xXxKTXe05kO58vTkrJJz0ySA8L9Kgc4GWPA9sHgB28b vUGKOU2tN7GkDSH34K4SHKAme+oaZnf1ZkFB4+2ouUcdu+UKWJrQL9tz6kuu14B3jxyPcQGuu+90Z IZiQSwSiuGf9Mnnxb70GsSJoX9TJbc0okZZUNzZDeQEOU5F3L4BhDOK1pkE4VTUBEtM70lw5aFiQO cKVNZiZcvqNg6QfVsiMGat7ZkJHC+wNRiDtaRH7GX4pzm1F6KwwL/Wj+afuBr6f4jjbFiuyOglal0 kE79p83w==; Received: from sslproxy08.your-server.de ([78.47.166.52]) by www537.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wCtfj-000FBS-2d; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:24:23 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by sslproxy08.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wCtfi-0008bK-1w; Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:24:23 +0200 From: Alexander Stein To: Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , 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 , Mark Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] arm64/hwcap: Generate the KERNEL_HWCAP_ definitions for the hwcaps Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:24:22 +0200 Message-ID: <8745494.GXAFRqVoOG@steina-w> Organization: TQ-Systems GmbH In-Reply-To: <20260302-arm64-dpisa-2025-v1-1-0855e7f41689@kernel.org> References: <20260302-arm64-dpisa-2025-v1-0-0855e7f41689@kernel.org> <20260302-arm64-dpisa-2025-v1-1-0855e7f41689@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 1.4.3/27971/Tue Apr 14 08:24:44 2026) Am Montag, 2. M=E4rz 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 definition= s. >=20 > 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] Int= errupt 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 >=20 > Signed-off-by: Mark Brown > --- > arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h | 120 +---------------------------= =2D----- > arch/arm64/tools/Makefile | 8 ++- > arch/arm64/tools/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh | 23 +++++++ > 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-) >=20 > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/hwca= p.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" > =20 > /* > * 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 :=3D arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated > kapi :=3D $(gen)/asm > =20 > -kapisyshdr-y :=3D cpucap-defs.h sysreg-defs.h > +kapisyshdr-y :=3D cpucap-defs.h kernel-hwcap.h sysreg-defs.h > =20 > kapi-hdrs-y :=3D $(addprefix $(kapi)/, $(kapisyshdr-y)) > =20 > @@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ kapi: $(kapi-hdrs-y) > quiet_cmd_gen_cpucaps =3D GEN $@ > cmd_gen_cpucaps =3D mkdir -p $(dir $@); $(AWK) -f $(real-prereqs) = > $@ > =20 > +quiet_cmd_gen_kernel_hwcap =3D GEN $@ > + cmd_gen_kernel_hwcap =3D mkdir -p $(dir $@); /bin/sh -e $(real-pre= reqs) > $@ > + > quiet_cmd_gen_sysreg =3D GEN $@ > cmd_gen_sysreg =3D mkdir -p $(dir $@); $(AWK) -f $(real-prereqs) >= $@ > =20 > $(kapi)/cpucap-defs.h: $(src)/gen-cpucaps.awk $(src)/cpucaps FORCE > $(call if_changed,gen_cpucaps) > =20 > +$(kapi)/kernel-hwcap.h: $(src)/gen-kernel-hwcaps.sh $(srctree)/arch/arm6= 4/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= =2Dkernel-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 - 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