[PATCH] riscv: Add "g" as an instruction alias
From: Charlie Jenkins
Date: Sat Jun 27 2026 - 02:25:09 EST
"G" is an official alias for "IMAFDZicsr_Zifencei" [1]. Many common
tools like LLVM, GCC, OpenSBI, QEMU support this alias so make Linux
follow the status quo and allow users to pass it in the isa string. In
the ISA string, "G" is expected to written lowercase as "g" like the
other extensions. Since "g" is a simple alias, follow what OpenSBI does
and expose "imafd_zicsr_zifencei" instead of "g".
Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This can be tested with a device tree that passes in "g" to the isa
string like:
riscv,isa-extensions = "gc";
or
riscv,isa = "rv64gc";
Example test case using qemu:
1. Run QEMU with the additional arg "-machine dumpdtb=qemu.dtb"
2. Decompile the dts "dtc -O dts -I dtb qemu.dtb -o qemu.dts"
3. Set riscv,isa-extensions to "gc"
4. Compile the dtb "dtc -O dtb -I dts qemu.dts -o qemu.dtb"
5. Boot qemu with "-dtc qemu.dtb"
6. Look at /proc/cpuinfo
---
arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 7 ++++---
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index 3dbc8cc557dd..0a2df97a1fd6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ int __init riscv_early_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned lo
if (!of_property_present(node, "riscv,isa-extensions"))
return -ENODEV;
- if (of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "i") < 0 ||
- of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "m") < 0 ||
- of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "a") < 0) {
+ if (of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "g") < 0 &&
+ (of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "i") < 0 ||
+ of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "m") < 0 ||
+ of_property_match_string(node, "riscv,isa-extensions", "a") < 0)) {
pr_warn("CPU with hartid=%lu does not support ima", *hart);
return -ENODEV;
}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index f46aa5602d74..f78cbf5ade1e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -322,6 +322,16 @@ static const unsigned int riscv_a_exts[] = {
RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZALRSC,
};
+static const unsigned int riscv_g_bundled_exts[] = {
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_i,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_m,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_a,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_f,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_d,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICSR,
+ RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIFENCEI
+};
+
#define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZKN \
RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBKB, \
RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBKC, \
@@ -495,6 +505,7 @@ const struct riscv_isa_ext_data riscv_isa_ext[] = {
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET(a, RISCV_ISA_EXT_a, riscv_a_exts),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA_VALIDATE(f, RISCV_ISA_EXT_f, riscv_ext_f_validate),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA_VALIDATE(d, RISCV_ISA_EXT_d, riscv_ext_d_validate),
+ __RISCV_ISA_EXT_BUNDLE(g, riscv_g_bundled_exts),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(q, RISCV_ISA_EXT_q),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET(c, RISCV_ISA_EXT_c, riscv_c_exts),
__RISCV_ISA_EXT_SUPERSET_VALIDATE(v, RISCV_ISA_EXT_v, riscv_v_exts, riscv_ext_vector_float_validate),
---
base-commit: 5a66900afbd6b2a063eebad35294038a654de2b0
change-id: 20260626-g_ext-0ca7d6223ff8
Best regards,
--
- Charlie