linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] arm64/sve: Document that __SVE_VQ

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Message-Id: <170863948635.1616990.16270415841585916103.b4-ty@arm.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:05:08 +0000
From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] arm64/sve: Document that __SVE_VQ_MAX is much larger than needed

On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:53:36 +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> __SVE_VQ_MAX is defined without comment as 512 but the actual
> architectural maximum is 16, a substantial difference which might not
> be obvious to readers especially given the several different units used
> for specifying vector sizes in various contexts and the fact that it's
> often used via macros.  In an effort to minimise surprises for users who
> might assume the value is the architectural maximum and use it to do
> things like size allocations add a comment noting the difference, and
> add a note for SVE_VQ_MAX to aid discoverability.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/misc), thanks!

[1/1] arm64/sve: Document that __SVE_VQ_MAX is much larger than needed
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/21eb468e9fc1

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Catalin