Documentation: RISC-V: uabi: Only scalar misaligned loads are supported
authorPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Fri, 24 May 2024 18:56:00 +0000 (11:56 -0700)
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Thu, 30 May 2024 16:42:53 +0000 (09:42 -0700)
commit982a7eb97be685d1129c06671aed4c26d6919af4
tree84600d6540ddfe5443e630b59d67cb1edb37cfe6
parent7bed51617401dab2be930b13ed5aacf581f7c8ef
Documentation: RISC-V: uabi: Only scalar misaligned loads are supported

We're stuck supporting scalar misaligned loads in userspace because they
were part of the ISA at the time we froze the uABI.  That wasn't the
case for vector misaligned accesses, so depending on them
unconditionally is a userspace bug.  All extant vector hardware traps on
these misaligned accesses.

Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240524185600.5919-1-palmer@rivosinc.com
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Documentation/arch/riscv/uabi.rst