Re: [PATCH] arch/riscv: Add Zihintpause extension support

From: Atish Patra
Date: Fri May 13 2022 - 03:09:51 EST


On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 6:06 PM Samuel Holland <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/22 10:30 PM, Dao Lu wrote:
> > This patch:
> > 1. Build with _zihintpause if the toolchain has support for it
> > 2. Detects if the platform supports the extension
>
> This instruction is a hint, meaning it is a harmless no-op if the extension is
> unsupported by the CPU. So we can use it as long as the compiler supports it.
> There is no need to probe for it at runtime.
>

Is it guaranteed that the hardware won't throw any error if it sees a
fence instruction with
(pred=W, succ=0, fm=0, rd=x0, and rs1=x0.) ? I couldn't find anything
specific related to this in the spec.

I think using the static key mechanism provides backward compatibility
without any runtime impact.

> Regards,
> Samuel
>
> > 3. Use PAUSE for cpu_relax if both toolchain and the platform support it
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dao Lu <daolu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/riscv/Makefile | 4 ++++
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h | 1 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
> > arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 1 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 7 +++++++
> > 5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > index 7d81102cffd4..900a8fda1a2d 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> > @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ riscv-march-$(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C) := $(riscv-march-y)c
> > toolchain-need-zicsr-zifencei := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=$(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei)
> > riscv-march-$(toolchain-need-zicsr-zifencei) := $(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei
> >
> > +# Check if the toolchain supports Zihintpause extension
> > +toolchain-supports-zihintpause := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=$(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause)
> > +riscv-march-$(toolchain-supports-zihintpause) := $(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause
> > +
> > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=$(subst fd,,$(riscv-march-y))
> > KBUILD_AFLAGS += -march=$(riscv-march-y)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> > index 0734e42f74f2..caa9ee5459b4 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> > @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern unsigned long elf_hwcap;
> > */
> > enum riscv_isa_ext_id {
> > RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF = RISCV_ISA_EXT_BASE,
> > + RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE,
> > RISCV_ISA_EXT_ID_MAX = RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX,
> > };
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> > index 134388cbaaa1..106b35ba8cac 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> > @@ -4,15 +4,28 @@
> >
> > #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> >
> > +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
> > #include <asm/barrier.h>
> > +#include <asm/hwcap.h>
> >
> > +extern struct static_key_false riscv_pause_available;
> > static inline void cpu_relax(void)
> > {
> > + if (!static_branch_likely(&riscv_pause_available)) {
> > #ifdef __riscv_muldiv
> > - int dummy;
> > - /* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
> > - __asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
> > + int dummy;
> > + /* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
> > + __asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
> > #endif
> > + } else {
> > +#ifdef __riscv_zihintpause
> > + /*
> > + * Reduce instruction retirement.
> > + * This assumes the PC changes.
> > + */
> > + __asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");
> > +#endif
> > + }
> > barrier();
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > index ccb617791e56..89e563e9c4cc 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int riscv_of_parent_hartid(struct device_node *node)
> > */
> > static struct riscv_isa_ext_data isa_ext_arr[] = {
> > __RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(sscofpmf, RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF),
> > + __RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zihintpause, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE),
> > __RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA("", RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX),
> > };
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > index 1b2d42d7f589..327c19507dbb 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> > @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(riscv_isa, RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX) __read_mostly;
> > #ifdef CONFIG_FPU
> > __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpu_hwcap_fpu);
> > #endif
> > +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_pause_available);
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(riscv_pause_available);
> >
> > /**
> > * riscv_isa_extension_base() - Get base extension word
> > @@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
> > set_bit(*ext - 'a', this_isa);
> > } else {
> > SET_ISA_EXT_MAP("sscofpmf", RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF);
> > + SET_ISA_EXT_MAP("zihintpause", RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE);
> > }
> > #undef SET_ISA_EXT_MAP
> > }
> > @@ -213,6 +216,10 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
> >
> > }
> >
> > + if (__riscv_isa_extension_available(riscv_isa, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE)) {
> > + static_branch_enable(&riscv_pause_available);
> > + }
> > +
> > /* We don't support systems with F but without D, so mask those out
> > * here. */
> > if ((elf_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_F) && !(elf_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_D)) {
> >
>
>
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Regards,
Atish