linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/1] Documentation/x86: Add the AMX enabling example

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Message-Id: <20220629224235.20589-2-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:42:35 -0700
From:   "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
To:     dave.hansen@...el.com, len.brown@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
        rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
        dan.j.williams@...el.com
Cc:     corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chang.seok.bae@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] Documentation/x86: Add the AMX enabling example

Explain steps to enable the dynamic feature with a code example.

Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@...el.com>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
Changes from v1:
* Update the description without mentioning CPUID & XGETBV (Dave Hansen).
---
 Documentation/x86/xstate.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst
index 5cec7fb558d6..c439901419fb 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/xstate.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,48 @@ the handler allocates a larger xstate buffer for the task so the large
 state can be context switched. In the unlikely cases that the allocation
 fails, the kernel sends SIGSEGV.
 
+AMX TILE_DATA enabling example
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The following steps dynamically enable TILE_DATA:
+
+  1. An application first needs to determine the feature support::
+
+        #include <asm/prctl.h>
+        #include <sys/syscall.h>
+        #include <stdio.h>
+        #include <unistd.h>
+
+        #define ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP  0x1021
+
+        #define XFEATURE_XTILECFG    17
+        #define XFEATURE_XTILEDATA   18
+        #define XFEATURE_MASK_XTILE ((1 << XFEATURE_XTILECFG) | (1 << XFEATURE_XTILEDATA))
+
+        unsigned long features;
+        long rc;
+
+        ...
+
+        rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_GET_XCOMP_SUPP, &features);
+
+        if (!rc && (features & XFEATURE_MASK_XTILE) == XFEATURE_MASK_XTILE)
+            printf("AMX is available.\n");
+
+  2. After determining support for AMX, an application must explicitly ask
+     permission to use it::
+
+        #define ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM  0x1023
+
+        ...
+
+        rc = syscall(SYS_arch_prctl, ARCH_REQ_XCOMP_PERM, XFEATURE_XTILEDATA);
+
+        if (!rc)
+            printf("AMX is ready for use.\n");
+
+Note this example does not include the sigaltstack preparation.
+
 Dynamic features in signal frames
 ---------------------------------
 
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