[PATCH v3 4/5] riscv: introduce RISCV_ISA_SV48 and RISCV_ISA_SV57
From: Jisheng Zhang
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 13:24:54 EST
In last commit, we have optimized the pgtable_l4|l5_enabled with isa
extension alternative mechanism, thus a typical access_ok(addr, 1);
is compiled as:
ffffffff8001dd30: 1141 addi sp,sp,-16
ffffffff8001dd32: e022 sd s0,0(sp)
ffffffff8001dd34: e406 sd ra,8(sp)
ffffffff8001dd36: 0800 addi s0,sp,16
ffffffff8001dd38: 00000013 nop
ffffffff8001dd3c: 02a0006f j ffffffff8001dd66 <foo+0x3e>
ffffffff8001dd40: 60a2 ld ra,8(sp)
ffffffff8001dd42: 6402 ld s0,0(sp)
ffffffff8001dd44: 57fd li a5,-1
ffffffff8001dd46: 83a1 srli a5,a5,0x8
ffffffff8001dd48: 00a7b533 sltu a0,a5,a0
ffffffff8001dd4c: 00154513 xori a0,a0,1
ffffffff8001dd50: 0141 addi sp,sp,16
ffffffff8001dd52: 8082 ret
...
ffffffff8001dd64: bfe1 j ffffffff8001dd3c <foo+0x14>
ffffffff8001dd66: 0180006f j ffffffff8001dd7e <foo+0x56>
ffffffff8001dd6a: 60a2 ld ra,8(sp)
ffffffff8001dd6c: 6402 ld s0,0(sp)
ffffffff8001dd6e: 57fd li a5,-1
ffffffff8001dd70: 83c5 srli a5,a5,0x11
ffffffff8001dd72: 00a7b533 sltu a0,a5,a0
ffffffff8001dd76: 00154513 xori a0,a0,1
ffffffff8001dd7a: 0141 addi sp,sp,16
ffffffff8001dd7c: 8082 ret
ffffffff8001dd7e: 60a2 ld ra,8(sp)
ffffffff8001dd80: 6402 ld s0,0(sp)
ffffffff8001dd82: 57fd li a5,-1
ffffffff8001dd84: 83e9 srli a5,a5,0x1a
ffffffff8001dd86: 00a7b533 sltu a0,a5,a0
ffffffff8001dd8a: 00154513 xori a0,a0,1
ffffffff8001dd8e: 0141 addi sp,sp,16
ffffffff8001dd90: 8082 ret
As can be seen, different branches for SV39/SV48/SV57 are still there,
since access_ok() sits at hot code path, why not reduce the code size
to optimize to make the instruction cache happy?
Introduce RISCV_ISA_SV48 and RISCV_ISA_SV57, so that the embedded
platforms can choose the best option themselves, while still keep the
feature of one unified kernel Image for all SV39, SV48 and SV57.
Before the patch, vmlinux built with pure RISCV64 defconfig
text data bss dec hex filename
13439437 6790446 483221 20713104 13c0e90 /tmp/old/vmlinux
After the patch, vmlinux built with pure RISCV64 defconfig:
text data bss dec hex filename
13314445 6787934 466837 20569216 139dc80 /tmp/new/vmlinux
.text section is reduced by 122KB!
And after the patch, typical access_ok(addr, 1) is compiled as:
ffffffff8001809a: 1141 addi sp,sp,-16
ffffffff8001809c: e022 sd s0,0(sp)
ffffffff8001809e: e406 sd ra,8(sp)
ffffffff800180a0: 0800 addi s0,sp,16
ffffffff800180a2: 00000013 nop
ffffffff800180a6: 60a2 ld ra,8(sp)
ffffffff800180a8: 6402 ld s0,0(sp)
ffffffff800180aa: 4785 li a5,1
ffffffff800180ac: 179a slli a5,a5,0x26
ffffffff800180ae: 00f53533 sltu a0,a0,a5
ffffffff800180b2: 0141 addi sp,sp,16
ffffffff800180b4: 8082 ret
only 12 instruction!! For refernece, before the patch, the access(addr,
1) needs 32 instructions.
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index e9476b8cbeb0..1f4bbebfa2af 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -602,6 +602,30 @@ config RISCV_ISA_SSQOSID
cache partitioning scheme and use the MCID to track how much
cache a process, or a group of processes, is using.
+config RISCV_ISA_SV48
+ bool "Page-Based 48-bit Virtual-Memory System"
+ depends on 64BIT
+ default y
+ help
+ Add support for the Page-Based 48-bit Virtual-Memory System.
+
+ Enable this option for systems for which a 39-bit virtual address
+ space is insufficient. But if 39-bit is enough, disabling this
+ option will result in smaller kernel size and slighly better
+ performance.
+
+config RISCV_ISA_SV57
+ bool "Page-Based 57-bit Virtual-Memory System"
+ depends on 64BIT
+ default y
+ help
+ Add support for the Page-Based 57-bit Virtual-Memory System.
+
+ Enable this option for systems for which a 48-bit virtual address
+ space is insufficient. But if 48-bit is enough, disabling this
+ option will result in smaller kernel size and slighly better
+ performance.
+
config RISCV_ISA_SVPBMT
bool "Svpbmt extension support for supervisor mode page-based memory types"
depends on 64BIT && MMU
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
index 7407e36fbf7d..caf8458b344c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable-64.h
@@ -16,21 +16,33 @@ extern bool _pgtable_l5_enabled;
#ifdef USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_LEVELS
static __always_inline bool pgtable_l5_enabled(void)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV57))
+ return false;
+
return _pgtable_l5_enabled;
}
static __always_inline bool pgtable_l4_enabled(void)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV48))
+ return false;
+
return _pgtable_l4_enabled;
}
#else
static __always_inline bool pgtable_l5_enabled(void)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV57))
+ return false;
+
return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_SV57);
}
static __always_inline bool pgtable_l4_enabled(void)
{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV48))
+ return false;
+
return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_SV48);
}
#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 2a2402d79bc4..6f51f265fb85 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -844,6 +844,14 @@ static __init void set_satp_mode(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
kernel_map.page_offset = PAGE_OFFSET_L5;
+ /* Fall back to SV48 if RISCV_ISA_SV57 isn't enabled */
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV57) && satp_mode_limit == 0)
+ satp_mode_limit = SATP_MODE_48;
+
+ /* Fall back to SV39 if RISCV_ISA_SV48 isn't enabled */
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_SV48) && satp_mode_limit == SATP_MODE_48)
+ satp_mode_limit = SATP_MODE_39;
+
if (satp_mode_limit == SATP_MODE_48) {
disable_pgtable_l5();
} else if (satp_mode_limit == SATP_MODE_39) {
--
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