Re: [PATCH RFC 02/11] dt-bindings: riscv: Add Sdtrig optional CSRs existence on DT

[Andrew Jones]

On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 10:31:10AM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 05:26:18PM +0800, Max Hsu wrote:
> > The mcontext/hcontext/scontext CSRs are optional in the Sdtrig extension,
> > to prevent RW operations to the missing CSRs, which will cause
> > illegal instructions.
> > 
> > As a solution, we have proposed the dt format for these CSRs.
> 
> As I mentioned in your other patch, I amn't sure what the actual value
> is in being told about "sdtrig" itself if so many of the CSRs are
> optional. I think we should define pseudo extensions that represent
> usable subsets that are allowed by riscv,isa-extensions, such as
> those you describe here: sdtrig + mcontext, sdtrig + scontext and
> sdtrig + hcontext. Probably also for strig + mscontext. What
> additional value does having a debug child node give us that makes
> it worth having over something like the above?

Yeah, Sdtrig, which doesn't tell you what you get, isn't nice at all.
I wonder if we can start with requiring Sdtrig to be accompanied by
Ssstrict in order to enable the context CSRs, i.e.

 Sdtrig          - support without optional CSRs
 Sdtrig+Ssstrict - probe for optional CSRs, support what's found

If there are platforms with Sdtrig and optional CSRs, but not Ssstrict,
then maybe the optional CSRs can be detected in some vendor-specific way,
where the decision as to whether or not that vendor-specific way is
acceptable is handled case-by-case.

Thanks,
drew

> 
> Thanks,
> Conor.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Max Hsu <max.hsu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > index d87dd50f1a4b..c713a48c5025 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > @@ -137,6 +137,24 @@ properties:
> >        DMIPS/MHz, relative to highest capacity-dmips-mhz
> >        in the system.
> >  
> > +  debug:
> > +    type: object
> > +    properties:
> > +      compatible:
> > +        const: riscv,debug-v1.0.0
> > +      trigger-module:
> > +        type: object
> > +        description: |
> > +          An indication set of optional CSR existence from
> > +          riscv-debug-spec Sdtrig extension
> > +        properties:
> > +          mcontext-present:
> > +            type: boolean
> > +          hcontext-present:
> > +            type: boolean
> > +          scontext-present:
> > +            type: boolean
> > +
> >  anyOf:
> >    - required:
> >        - riscv,isa
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.43.2
> > 



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