Re: [PATCH 1/2] riscv: Correct the initialized flow of FP register

From: Vincent Chen
Date: Tue Aug 13 2019 - 21:45:51 EST


On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 11:50 PM Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2019, Anup Patel wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 1:30 PM Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > +static inline void fstate_off(struct task_struct *task,
> > > + struct pt_regs *regs)
> > > +{
> > > + regs->sstatus = (regs->sstatus & ~(SR_FS)) | SR_FS_OFF;
> >
> > The SR_FS_OFF is 0x0 so no need for ORing it.
>
> That one looks OK to me, since it makes it more obvious to humans what's
> happening here - reviewers won't need to know that "off" is 0x0. The
> compiler should drop it internally, so it won't affect the generated
> code.
>
Thanks for Paul's comment
My thought is the same as Paul.


> > Apart from above minor comment, looks good to me.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Will add your Reviewed-by: tag - let us know if you want me to drop it or
> caveat it.
>
>
> - Paul

Dear Anup,
I suppose you can accept our thought about using the SR_FS_OFF flag
because I didn't receive any reply from you.
Thanks for your review and comments.

Regards,
Vincent