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authorSascha Bischoff <Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com>2025-10-22 13:45:36 +0000
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2025-11-13 18:09:46 +0000
commitfe2ef46995d5db49a37337f11fe2c6733676c24c (patch)
tree5b1e8c1dc551c45de49ccd45e99b15ad9ad94635 /scripts/livepatch
parent0aab5772a53dd006c13ba629e8dc8816b7cd213d (diff)
arm64/sysreg: Support feature-specific fields with 'Prefix' descriptor
Some system register field encodings change based on, for example the in-use architecture features, or the context in which they are accessed. In order to support these different field encodings, introduce the Prefix descriptor (Prefix, EndPrefix) for describing such sysregs. The Prefix descriptor can be used in the following way: Sysreg EXAMPLE 0 1 2 3 4 Prefix FEAT_A Field 63:0 Foo EndPrefix Prefix FEAT_B Field 63:1 Bar Res0 0 EndPrefix Field 63:0 Baz EndSysreg This will generate a single set of system register encodings (REG_, SYS_, ...), and then generate three sets of field definitions for the system register called EXAMPLE. The first set is prefixed by FEAT_A, e.g. FEAT_A_EXAMPLE_Foo. The second set is prefixed by FEAT_B, e.g., FEAT_B_EXAMPLE_Bar. The third set is not given a prefix at all, e.g. EXAMPLE_BAZ. For each set, a corresponding set of defines for Res0, Res1, and Unkn is generated. The intent for the final prefix-less fields is to describe default or legacy field encodings. This ensure that prefixed encodings can be added to already-present sysregs without affecting existing legacy code. Prefixed fields must be defined before those without a prefix, and this is checked by the generator. This ensures consisnt ordering within the sysregs definitions. The Prefix descriptor can be used within Sysreg or SysregFields blocks. Field, Res0, Res1, Unkn, Rax, SignedEnum, Enum can all be used within a Prefix block. Fields and Mapping can not. Fields that vary with features must be described as part of a SysregFields block, instead. Mappings, which are just a code comment, make little sense in this context, and have hence not been included. There are no changes to the generated system register definitions as part of this change. Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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