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-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c12
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst
index be317d457417..b2fa01f85cb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sme.rst
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_za_header, containing:
* Writes to NT_ARM_ZT will set PSTATE.ZA to 1.
+* If any register data is provided along with SME_PT_VL_ONEXEC then the
+ registers data will be interpreted with the current vector length, not
+ the vector length configured for use on exec.
+
8. ELF coredump extensions
---------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst
index 8d8837fc39ec..28152492c29c 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ The regset data starts with struct user_sve_header, containing:
streaming mode and any SETREGSET of NT_ARM_SSVE will enter streaming mode
if the target was not in streaming mode.
+* If any register data is provided along with SVE_PT_VL_ONEXEC then the
+ registers data will be interpreted with the current vector length, not
+ the vector length configured for use on exec.
+
* The effect of writing a partial, incomplete payload is unspecified.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index b756578aeaee..f09ffd70c916 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -898,7 +898,11 @@ static int sve_set_common(struct task_struct *target,
if (ret)
goto out;
- /* Actual VL set may be less than the user asked for: */
+ /*
+ * Actual VL set may be different from what the user asked
+ * for, or we may have configured the _ONEXEC VL not the
+ * current VL:
+ */
vq = sve_vq_from_vl(task_get_vl(target, type));
/* Enter/exit streaming mode */
@@ -1125,7 +1129,11 @@ static int za_set(struct task_struct *target,
if (ret)
goto out;
- /* Actual VL set may be less than the user asked for: */
+ /*
+ * Actual VL set may be different from what the user asked
+ * for, or we may have configured the _ONEXEC rather than
+ * current VL:
+ */
vq = sve_vq_from_vl(task_get_sme_vl(target));
/* Ensure there is some SVE storage for streaming mode */