Re: [PATCH] MIPS: Fix MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT for 64bit CPUs before R2

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 19 May 2023, Jiaxun Yang wrote:

> MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT enables possibility of using all 32 FPRs on 32bit
> kernel in case CPU implemented FR1. As FR1 is present on all 64bit CPUs
> following R4000's priviliged spec, there is no reason to limit such support
> to R2+ CPUs.

 I guess one can do it and still run FPXX software, but I fail to see what 
gain it provides.  For FP32 it breaks things as accesses to odd-numbered 
FPRs will no longer get at the high part of a double value and for FP64 
there are no MTHC1/MFHC1 instructions required to access the high part.

 What problem are you trying to solve?  And how did you verify this patch?

> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/fpu-probe.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/fpu-probe.c
> @@ -289,6 +289,23 @@ void cpu_set_fpu_opts(struct cpuinfo_mips *c)
>  			c->options |= MIPS_CPU_FRE;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Fix up FIR for FPU earlier than R2 */
> +	if (!cpu_has_mips_r2_r6) {
> +		c->fpu_id |= MIPS_FPIR_S;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_R4K_FPU
> +		/* All known R4000 class FPU implemented double */
> +		c->fpu_id |= MIPS_FPIR_D;
> +#endif

 Currently all FPUs we support implement double and we require that, so no 
need to make this piece conditional (I would use IS_ENABLED otherwise, so 
as not to clutter the source with #ifdef), but `c->fpu_id' is also exposed 
to the user via ptrace(2), so this has to reflect hardware and not give a 
synthesized value.

  Maciej