Re: [PATCH] riscv: Make sure toolchain supports zba before using zba instructions

From: Alexandre Ghiti
Date: Fri Mar 28 2025 - 09:00:19 EST


On 28/03/2025 13:51, Clément Léger wrote:

On 28/03/2025 12:54, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
Old toolchain like gcc 8.5.0 does not support zba, so we must check that
the toolchain supports this extension before using it in the kernel.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202503281836.8pntHm6I-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/runtime-const.h | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 0d8def968a7e..ae6303f15b28 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -735,6 +735,14 @@ config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_VECTOR_CRYPTO
def_bool $(as-instr, .option arch$(comma) +v$(comma) +zvkb)
depends on AS_HAS_OPTION_ARCH
+config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBA
+ bool
+ default y
+ depends on !64BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=lp64 -march=rv64ima_zba)
+ depends on !32BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=ilp32 -march=rv32ima_zba)
+ depends on LLD_VERSION >= 150000 || LD_VERSION >= 23900
+ depends on AS_HAS_OPTION_ARCH
+
config RISCV_ISA_ZBA
Hi Alex,

Why not add a "depends on TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBA" here so you don't have to
check for that config option when using CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBA ? This is
done like that for ZBB and ZBC.


Actually Conor changed that for Zbb in https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241024-aspire-rectify-9982da6943e5@spud/T/#m89d45ba3cbc6c2f953516c0e9977fecf397809b0 which is queued for 6.15.

Zba is also used in BPF, so we should not require that the toolchain supports zba but instead just that the platform supports it.

Thanks,

Alex



Thanks,

Clément

bool "Zba extension support for bit manipulation instructions"
default y
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/runtime-const.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/runtime-const.h
index ea2e49c7149c..c07d049fdd5d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/runtime-const.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/runtime-const.h
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
".long 1b - .\n\t" \
".popsection" \
-#if defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBA) && defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBKB)
+#if defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBA) && defined(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBA) \
+ && defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBKB)

#define runtime_const_ptr(sym) \
({ \
typeof(sym) __ret, __tmp; \
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
: [__ret] "=r" (__ret), [__tmp] "=r" (__tmp)); \
__ret; \
})
-#elif defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBA)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_ZBA) && defined(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBA)
#define runtime_const_ptr(sym) \
({ \
typeof(sym) __ret, __tmp; \