Re: [PATCH 4/8] riscv: Add PLATFORM_MAY_SUPPORT_RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT Kconfig option

[Charlie Jenkins]

On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 01:39:14PM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 06:40:52AM +0100, Jessica Clarke wrote:
> > On 7 May 2024, at 02:40, Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Svpbmt would not benefit from having PLATFORM_SUPPORTS_RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
> > > so just rename RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT to PLATFORM_MAY_SUPPORT_RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
> > > and move the definition to Kconfig.isa.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/riscv/Kconfig     | 17 -----------------
> > > arch/riscv/Kconfig.isa | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > > index 9c3a4347953b..22303a3ab59e 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> > > @@ -484,23 +484,6 @@ config RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY
> > > help
> > >  Allows early patching of the kernel for special errata
> > > 
> > > -config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
> > > - bool "Svpbmt extension support for supervisor mode page-based memory types"
> > > - depends on 64BIT && MMU
> > > - depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
> > > - default y
> > > - help
> > > -   Add support for the Svpbmt ISA-extension (Supervisor-mode:
> > > -   page-based memory types) in the kernel when it is detected at boot.
> > > -
> > > -   The memory type for a page contains a combination of attributes
> > > -   that indicate the cacheability, idempotency, and ordering
> > > -   properties for access to that page.
> > > -
> > > -   The Svpbmt extension is only available on 64-bit cpus.
> > > -
> > > -   If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
> > > -
> > > config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBB
> > > bool
> > > default y
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.isa b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.isa
> > > index 37585bcd763e..50e217dc5719 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.isa
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.isa
> > > @@ -168,3 +168,20 @@ config PLATFORM_SUPPORTS_RISCV_ISA_SVNAPOT
> > >  not support Svnapot.
> > > 
> > > endchoice
> > > +
> > > +config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
> > 
> > Hi Charlie,
> > Despite the subject and body you haven’t renamed it in this patch?
> 
> I didn't do a good job at explaining exactly what's happening here. The
> config option "PLATFORM_MAY_SUPPORT_RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT" most closely
> follows the semantics of what "RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT" previously was. This
> patch changes "RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT" to mean that either
> PLATFORM_MAY_SUPPORT_RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT or
> PLATFORM_SUPPORTS_RISCV_ISA_SVNAPOT was selected.

Disregard what I said... I was thinking about the other extensions and
forgot this one was different. Thank you for pointing this out! I need
to change this description to just say that the definition moved to
Kconfig.isa.

- Charlie

> 
> - Charlie
> 
> > 
> > Jess
> > 
> > > + bool "Svpbmt extension support for supervisor mode page-based memory types"
> > > + depends on 64BIT && MMU
> > > + depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
> > > + default y
> > > + help
> > > +   Add support for the Svpbmt ISA-extension (Supervisor-mode:
> > > +   page-based memory types) in the kernel when it is detected at boot.
> > > +
> > > +   The memory type for a page contains a combination of attributes
> > > +   that indicate the cacheability, idempotency, and ordering
> > > +   properties for access to that page.
> > > +
> > > +   The Svpbmt extension is only available on 64-bit cpus.
> > > +
> > > +   If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.44.0
> > > 
> > > 
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