Re: [PATCH v8 06/22] RISC-V: Add Smcntrpmf extension parsing

From: Charlie Jenkins

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 03:23:15 EST


On Wed, 01 Jul 2026 01:46:54 -0700, Atish Patra <atish.patra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Smcntrpmf extension allows M-mode to enable privilege mode filtering
> for cycle/instret counters. However, the cyclecfg/instretcfg CSRs are
> available in Ssccfg only if Smcntrpmf is present.
>
> That's why, kernel needs to detect presence of Smcntrpmf extension and
> enable privilege mode filtering for cycle/instret counters.
>
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>

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- Charlie