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Message-ID: <CAJF2gTTtCboaEdC1MXkONUr1Nc6BcM4xM5tdE9t6_PiSdiGHLg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 21:56:17 +0800
From:   Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        liush <liush@...winnertech.com>, Wei Fu <wefu@...hat.com>,
        Drew Fustini <drew@...gleboard.org>,
        Wang Junqiang <wangjunqiang@...as.ac.cn>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 16/17] riscv: compat: Add COMPAT Kbuild skeletal support

On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 7:48 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 11:26 AM Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Arnd & Christoph,
> >
> > The UXL field controls the value of XLEN for U-mode, termed UXLEN,
> > which may differ from the
> > value of XLEN for S-mode, termed SXLEN. The encoding of UXL is the
> > same as that of the MXL
> > field of misa, shown in Table 3.1.
> >
> > Here is the patch. (We needn't exception helper, because we are in
> > S-mode and UXL wouldn't affect.)
>
> Looks good to me, just a few details that could be improved
>
> > -#define compat_elf_check_arch(x) ((x)->e_machine == EM_RISCV)
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
> > +#define compat_elf_check_arch compat_elf_check_arch
> > +extern bool compat_elf_check_arch(Elf32_Ehdr *hdr);
> > +#endif
>
> No need for the #ifdef
Okay

> > +}
>
> > +void compat_mode_detect(void)
>
> __init
Okay

>
> > +{
> > + unsigned long tmp = csr_read(CSR_STATUS);
> > + csr_write(CSR_STATUS, (tmp & ~SR_UXL) | SR_UXL_32);
> > +
> > + if ((csr_read(CSR_STATUS) & SR_UXL) != SR_UXL_32) {
> > + csr_write(CSR_STATUS, tmp);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + csr_write(CSR_STATUS, tmp);
> > + compat_mode_support = true;
> > +
> > + pr_info("riscv: compat: 32bit U-mode applications support\n");
> > +}
>
> I think an entry in /proc/cpuinfo would be more helpful than the pr_info at
> boot time. Maybe a follow-up patch though, as there is no obvious place
> to put it. On other architectures, you typically have a set of space
> separated feature names, but riscv has a single string that describes
> the ISA, and this feature is technically the support for a second ISA.
Yes, it should be another patch after discussion.

>
>          Arnd



-- 
Best Regards
 Guo Ren

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