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authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>2026-04-22 19:16:57 +0200
committerEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>2026-05-28 13:14:17 -0700
commit4156e65624f8a1816cad423ec005b336e280999d (patch)
tree4743602dab7d60fdb0d4c96c440a97c0fe09208c /arch
parente7ae89a0c97ce2b68b0983cd01eda67cf373517d (diff)
downloadlinux-next-history-4156e65624f8a1816cad423ec005b336e280999d.tar.gz
ARM: Add a neon-intrinsics.h header like on arm64
Add a header asm/neon-intrinsics.h similar to the one that arm64 has. This makes it possible for NEON intrinsics code to be shared seamlessly between ARM and arm64. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260422171655.3437334-11-ardb+git@google.com Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/neon-intrinsics.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/neon-intrinsics.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_NEON_INTRINSICS_H
+#define __ASM_NEON_INTRINSICS_H
+
+#ifndef __ARM_NEON__
+#error You should compile this file with '-march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon'
+#endif
+
+#include <asm-generic/int-ll64.h>
+
+/*
+ * The C99 types uintXX_t that are usually defined in 'stdint.h' are not as
+ * unambiguous on ARM as you would expect. For the types below, there is a
+ * difference on ARM between GCC built for bare metal ARM, GCC built for glibc
+ * and the kernel itself, which results in build errors if you try to build
+ * with -ffreestanding and include 'stdint.h' (such as when you include
+ * 'arm_neon.h' in order to use NEON intrinsics)
+ *
+ * As the typedefs for these types in 'stdint.h' are based on builtin defines
+ * supplied by GCC, we can tweak these to align with the kernel's idea of those
+ * types, so 'linux/types.h' and 'stdint.h' can be safely included from the
+ * same source file (provided that -ffreestanding is used).
+ *
+ * int32_t uint32_t intptr_t uintptr_t
+ * bare metal GCC long unsigned long int unsigned int
+ * glibc GCC int unsigned int int unsigned int
+ * kernel int unsigned int long unsigned long
+ */
+
+#ifdef __INT32_TYPE__
+#undef __INT32_TYPE__
+#define __INT32_TYPE__ int
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __UINT32_TYPE__
+#undef __UINT32_TYPE__
+#define __UINT32_TYPE__ unsigned int
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __INTPTR_TYPE__
+#undef __INTPTR_TYPE__
+#define __INTPTR_TYPE__ long
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __UINTPTR_TYPE__
+#undef __UINTPTR_TYPE__
+#define __UINTPTR_TYPE__ unsigned long
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * genksyms chokes on the ARM NEON instrinsics system header, but we
+ * don't export anything it defines anyway, so just disregard when
+ * genksyms execute.
+ */
+#ifndef __GENKSYMS__
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __ASM_NEON_INTRINSICS_H */