Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: riscv: Add Worlds per-hart properties

[Yu-Chien Peter Lin]

Hi Conor,

On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 03:36:38PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 07:47:31PM +0800, Yu-Chien Peter Lin wrote:
> > Hi Conor,
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 06:12:47PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 06:58:33PM +0800, Yu-Chien Peter Lin wrote:
> > > > Add per-hart DT properties for RISC-V Worlds architecture:
> > > > riscv,pmwid, riscv,pmwidlist, and riscv,pmlwidlist. These
> > > > platform-defined values are primarily used by M-mode firmware
> > > > to configure World ID CSRs and restrict WID usage across
> > > > privilege levels.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yu-Chien Peter Lin <peter.lin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml       | 21 +++++
> > > >  .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/worlds.yaml     | 77 +++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 98 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/worlds.yaml
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > > > index 5feeb2203050..4b5778b6d3e7 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
> > > > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ description: |
> > > >  allOf:
> > > >    - $ref: /schemas/cpu.yaml#
> > > >    - $ref: extensions.yaml
> > > > +  - $ref: worlds.yaml
> > > >    - if:
> > > >        not:
> > > >          properties:
> > > > @@ -120,11 +121,31 @@ properties:
> > > >        thead systems where the vector register length is not identical on all harts, or
> > > >        the vlenb CSR is not available.
> > > >  
> > > > +  riscv,pmwid:
> > > > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> > > > +    description:
> > > > +      Platform-defined M-mode World ID (WID) assigned to this hart.
> > > > +    minimum: 0
> > > > +    maximum: 63
> > > > +
> > > > +  riscv,pmwidlist:
> > > > +    $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint64
> > > > +    description:
> > > > +      Platform-defined bitmap of M-mode World IDs (WIDs) that this hart may use.
> > > 
> > > I don't understand what the difference is between this property and the
> > > one before it are.
> > > Is this one meant to be used by m-mode software to then select one which
> > > will appear in riscv,pmwid?
> > 
> > pmwid (single value) is the reset default, while pmwidlist (bitmap)
> > defines the allowed set. The root-of-trust M-mode software may select
> > an allowed value from the pmwidlist and write it to the mwid CSR.
> 
> I don't understand the point of the property then. If it is the reset
> default, just read it out of the register?
> Unless I am missing something, it's useless to s-mode because it may
> not be what m-mode chose and useless to m-mode that has access to
> the csr.

Smwid is optional. In the no-Smwid case:
- M-mode's WID is fixed to pmwid (hardware-defined via fuse/pinstrap/SoC
  registers, exposed to software via riscv,pmwid DT property)
- S/U-mode's WID depends on opensbi-domain configuration [1]:
  - If next-wid is specified: S/U use that WID (via mlwid CSR)
  - If next-wid is absent   : S/U fall back to pmwid (M/S/U in same
    world)

So riscv,pmwid serves two purpose:
1. Source of truth for M-mode's WID when mwid CSR doesn't exist
2. Fallback value for OpenSBI to write to mlwid when domain config is
   absent.

[1] https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/opensbi/2026-June/010090.html

Best regards,
Peter Lin

> 
> Cheers,
> Conor.