[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Enable the FPU in Arm startup code (PR #166349)

[Victor Campos via libc-commits]

https://github.com/vhscampos created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/166349

This patch enables the FPU in Arm startup code, which is required to run tests on Arm configurations with hardware floating-point support.

>From 78f0a56e5836ffaa6228c39793f68281c57f443a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Campos <victor.campos at arm.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 11:12:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [libc] Enable the FPU in Arm startup code

This patch enables the FPU in Arm startup code, which is required to run
tests on Arm configurations with hardware floating-point support.
---
 libc/startup/baremetal/arm/start.cpp | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libc/startup/baremetal/arm/start.cpp b/libc/startup/baremetal/arm/start.cpp
index c089a14f5f782..a88861929a23f 100644
--- a/libc/startup/baremetal/arm/start.cpp
+++ b/libc/startup/baremetal/arm/start.cpp
@@ -131,6 +131,28 @@ namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
   __arm_wsr("CPSR_c", 0x13); // SVC
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __ARM_FP
+// Enable FPU
+#if __ARM_ARCH_PROFILE == 'M'
+  // Set CPACR cp10 and cp11
+  auto cpacr = (volatile uint32_t *const)0xE000ED88;
+  *cpacr |= (0xF << 20);
+  __dsb(0xF);
+  __isb(0xF);
+#elif __ARM_ARCH_PROFILE == 'A' || __ARM_ARCH_PROFILE == 'R'
+  // Set CPACR cp10 and cp11
+  uint32_t cpacr = __arm_rsr("p15:0:c1:c0:2");
+  cpacr |= (0xF << 20);
+  __arm_wsr("p15:0:c1:c0:2", cpacr);
+  // Set FPEXC.EN
+  uint32_t fpexc;
+  __asm__ __volatile__("vmrs %0, FPEXC" : "=r"(fpexc) : :);
+  fpexc |= (1 << 30);
+  __asm__ __volatile__("vmsr FPEXC, %0" : : "r"(fpexc) :);
+  __isb(0xF);
+#endif
+#endif
+
   // Perform the equivalent of scatterloading
   LIBC_NAMESPACE::memcpy(__data_start, __data_source,
                          reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(__data_size));