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Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features

From Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features
Date 2016-10-17 10:50 +0200
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* Luc, Piotr <Piotr.Luc@intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2016-10-17 at 09:55 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2016, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The spec can be found in Intel Software Developer Manual or in
> > > > Instruction Set Extensions Programming Reference. See
> > > > https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/69/78/3194
> > > > 33-025.pdf.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > +/* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (edx),
> > > > word 18 */
> > > > +#define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4VNNIW  (18*32+2) /* AVX-512 Neural
> > > > Network Instructions */
> > > > +#define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4FMAPS  (18*32+3) /* AVX-512 Multiply
> > > > Accumulation Single precision */
> > > 
> > > This is getting ridiculous: we keep adding new leafs to
> > > ->x86_capability, thus bloating cpuinfo_x86 but then it is not even
> > > worth it - this patch defines only two bits.
> > 
> > What's worse is that the Instruction Set Extensions Programming
> > Reference
> > manual says:
> > 
> > CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0):EDX[bit 02] AVX512_4FMAPS
> > CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0):EBX[bit 03] AVX512_4VNNIW
> > 
> > So AVX512_4VNNIW is in EBX not EDX. What's correct here? The manual
> > or the patch?
> > 
> > I'm going to zap it.
> > 
> The manual contains the typo in  table 2.1 on page 2.2.
> Please compare it to the detailed description of CPUID in table 4.8 on
> page 2-16.
> There manual groups both new bits under EDX:
> 
> EDX    Bits 01 - 00: Reserved
>        Bit 02: AVX512_4VNNIW (Vector instructions for deep learning
> enhanced word variable precision.)
>        Bit 03: AVX512_4FMAPS (Vector instructions for deep learning
> floating-point single precision.)
>        Bits 31-04: Reserved
> 
> The typo was acknowledged and is going to be fixed in next version of
> the document. 

All of this should be pointed out in the changelog.

I've zapped the commit for the time being - let's iterate this once more, ok?

Thanks,

	Ingo

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[tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features tip-bot for Piotr Luc <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-10-16 13:30 +0200
  Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-10-16 16:20 +0200
    Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features hpa@zytor.com - 2016-10-16 18:10 +0200
      Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-10-16 18:40 +0200
        Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features hpa@zytor.com - 2016-10-16 20:50 +0200
          Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-10-17 00:40 +0200
            Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features "Luc, Piotr" <Piotr.Luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-17 12:00 +0200
    Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS  features Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-10-17 10:00 +0200
      Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features "Luc, Piotr" <Piotr.Luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-17 10:30 +0200
        Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-10-17 10:50 +0200
          Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features "Luc, Piotr" <Piotr.Luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-17 12:00 +0200
            Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS  features Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2016-10-17 12:00 +0200
              [PATCH v2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features. Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-17 17:10 +0200
                Re: [v2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS  features. "Luc, Piotr" <Piotr.Luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-18 15:10 +0200
                Re: [v2] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS  features. Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-10-18 15:10 +0200
                [PATCH v3] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_4FMAPS features. Piotr Luc <piotr.luc@intel.com> - 2016-10-18 17:10 +0200
                [tip:x86/urgent] x86/cpufeature: Add AVX512_4VNNIW and  AVX512_4FMAPS features tip-bot for Piotr Luc <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-10-19 17:50 +0200

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