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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2024-03-22 02:14:13 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2024-03-22 02:15:08 +0300
commit537c2e91d3549e5d6020bb0576cf9b54a845255f (patch)
treec09e8a1b7d733cde19b0c72678c28fb2bc97ff6b /arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h
parent237bb5f7f7f55ec5f773469a974c61a49c298625 (diff)
parentcba9ffdb9913dfe6be29f049ce920ce451ce7cc4 (diff)
downloadlinux-537c2e91d3549e5d6020bb0576cf9b54a845255f.tar.xz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h
index 754ab751b523..72aefc081061 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/sve_context.h
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
#define __SVE_VQ_BYTES 16 /* number of bytes per quadword */
+/*
+ * Yes, __SVE_VQ_MAX is 512 QUADWORDS.
+ *
+ * To help ensure forward portability, this is much larger than the
+ * current maximum value defined by the SVE architecture. While arrays
+ * or static allocations can be sized based on this value, watch out!
+ * It will waste a surprisingly large amount of memory.
+ *
+ * Dynamic sizing based on the actual runtime vector length is likely to
+ * be preferable for most purposes.
+ */
#define __SVE_VQ_MIN 1
#define __SVE_VQ_MAX 512