Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] arm64: mte: Add Memory Tagging Extension documentation

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On 2/26/20 10:05 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> +    /*
> +     * From include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
> +     */
> +    #define PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 55
> +    #define PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL 56
> +    # define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE  (1UL << 0)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT       1
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_NONE        (0UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_SYNC        (1UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_ASYNC       (2UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TCF_MASK        (3UL << PR_MTE_TCF_SHIFT)
> +    # define PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT       3
> +    # define PR_MTE_TAG_MASK        (0xffffUL << PR_MTE_TAG_SHIFT)

Is there a reason not to include TCMA into the set of bits that userland can
control with this prcrl?

I know that ordinarily TCR_ELx requires expensive syncing, but for this
particular field there is a note about "software may change this control bit on
a context switch".  Which I take to mean that the usual TLB-related syncing may
be omitted.


r~



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