[PATCH] riscv: hwprobe: simplify has_fpu() to check D extension only

From: Ivy Lopez

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 21:39:36 EST


The kernel never supports D without F, since D depends on F. The
D-extension flag is cleared during devicetree/ACPI parsing whenever
F is not present, so has_fpu() checking either extension with '||'
never actually produces a different result than checking D alone -
F without D cannot occur in practice, and there is no observable
impact on RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD or userspace.

Simplify has_fpu() to check D only, matching the expectations set
elsewhere in the kernel for this dependency, rather than relying on
a redundant OR condition.

sys_hwprobe.c already calls has_fpu() and needs no changes.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221874
Suggested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ivy Lopez <skunkolee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- Rewrite commit message: drop the "weakens semantics"/incorrect-report
framing (Conor pointed out F-without-D cannot occur since the D flag
is cleared during devicetree/ACPI parsing - confirmed in
riscv_ext_f_validate(), arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c - so there's
no actual behavioral impact). Reframe as a simplification matching
existing kernel conventions, not a correctness fix.
- Fix "F without D" -> "D without F" (Andreas).

Changes in v3:
- Drop the sys_hwprobe.c hunk entirely: it already calls has_fpu(),
no change needed there since v1 was never merged.
- New thread per maintainer request, not a reply to v1/v2.
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 0e71eb82f920..8186cda88e17 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ static inline void __switch_to_fpu(struct task_struct *prev,

static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void)
{
- return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_f) ||
- riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_d);
+ /* D extension depends on F, so checking D alone is sufficient. */
+ return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_d);
}
#else
static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void) { return false; }
--
2.55.0