[PATCH 3/4] aarch64: Add setcontext support for SME

Szabolcs Nagy szabolcs.nagy@arm.com
Fri Dec 8 16:32:28 GMT 2023


For the ZA lazy saving scheme to work, setcontext has to call
__libc_arm_za_disable.

Also fixes swapcontext which uses setcontext internally.
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/setcontext.S | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/setcontext.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/setcontext.S
index d7756015c5..fe75adf61e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/setcontext.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/setcontext.S
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ ENTRY (__setcontext)
 	cbz	x0, 1f
 	b	C_SYMBOL_NAME (__syscall_error)
 1:
+	/* Disable ZA of SME.  */
+#if HAVE_AARCH64_PAC_RET
+	PACIASP
+	cfi_window_save
+#endif
+	stp	x29, x30, [sp, -16]!
+	cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (16)
+	cfi_rel_offset (x29, 0)
+	cfi_rel_offset (x30, 8)
+	mov	x29, sp
+	bl	__libc_arm_za_disable
+	ldp	x29, x30, [sp], 16
+	cfi_adjust_cfa_offset (-16)
+	cfi_restore (x29)
+	cfi_restore (x30)
+#if HAVE_AARCH64_PAC_RET
+	AUTIASP
+	cfi_window_save
+#endif
 	/* Restore the general purpose registers.  */
 	mov	x0, x9
 	cfi_def_cfa (x0, 0)
-- 
2.25.1



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