x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate the new AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions
authorFenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:00:16 +0000 (11:00 -0700)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:38:49 +0000 (12:38 +0200)
commitb302e4b176d00e1cbc80148c5d0aee36751f7480
treefdf62609c4ac190088d6eae48d332b4077e2a872
parentacec0ce081de0c36459eea91647faf99296445a3
x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate the new AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions

AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions support 16-bit BFLOAT16 floating-point
format (BF16) for deep learning optimization.

BF16 is a short version of 32-bit single-precision floating-point
format (FP32) and has several advantages over 16-bit half-precision
floating-point format (FP16). BF16 keeps FP32 accumulation after
multiplication without loss of precision, offers more than enough
range for deep learning training tasks, and doesn't need to handle
hardware exception.

AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions are enumerated in CPUID.7.1:EAX[bit 5]
AVX512_BF16.

CPUID.7.1:EAX contains only feature bits. Reuse the currently empty
word 12 as a pure features word to hold the feature bits including
AVX512_BF16.

Detailed information of the CPUID bit and AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions
can be found in the latest Intel Architecture Instruction Set Extensions
and Future Features Programming Reference.

 [ bp: Check CPUID(7) subleaf validity before accessing subleaf 1. ]

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@oracle.com>
Cc: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>
Cc: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: "Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Robert Hoo <robert.hu@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "Sean J Christopherson" <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: x86 <x86@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1560794416-217638-3-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c