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Message-ID: <689ad3c4-0365-bd27-4873-bff8dbe6591b@sholland.org>
Date:   Thu, 12 May 2022 20:05:41 -0500
From:   Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
To:     Dao Lu <daolu@...osinc.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/riscv: Add Zihintpause extension support

On 5/11/22 10:30 PM, Dao Lu wrote:
> This patch:
>   1. Build with _zihintpause if the toolchain has support for it
>   2. Detects if the platform supports the extension

This instruction is a hint, meaning it is a harmless no-op if the extension is
unsupported by the CPU. So we can use it as long as the compiler supports it.
There is no need to probe for it at runtime.

Regards,
Samuel

>   3. Use PAUSE for cpu_relax if both toolchain and the platform support it
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dao Lu <daolu@...osinc.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/Makefile                     |  4 ++++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h          |  1 +
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c                 |  1 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c          |  7 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> index 7d81102cffd4..900a8fda1a2d 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> @@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ riscv-march-$(CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_C)	:= $(riscv-march-y)c
>  toolchain-need-zicsr-zifencei := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=$(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei)
>  riscv-march-$(toolchain-need-zicsr-zifencei) := $(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei
>  
> +# Check if the toolchain supports Zihintpause extension
> +toolchain-supports-zihintpause := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=$(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause)
> +riscv-march-$(toolchain-supports-zihintpause) := $(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause
> +
>  KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=$(subst fd,,$(riscv-march-y))
>  KBUILD_AFLAGS += -march=$(riscv-march-y)
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> index 0734e42f74f2..caa9ee5459b4 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
> @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern unsigned long elf_hwcap;
>   */
>  enum riscv_isa_ext_id {
>  	RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF = RISCV_ISA_EXT_BASE,
> +	RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE,
>  	RISCV_ISA_EXT_ID_MAX = RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX,
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> index 134388cbaaa1..106b35ba8cac 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
> @@ -4,15 +4,28 @@
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>  
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
>  #include <asm/barrier.h>
> +#include <asm/hwcap.h>
>  
> +extern struct static_key_false riscv_pause_available;
>  static inline void cpu_relax(void)
>  {
> +	if (!static_branch_likely(&riscv_pause_available)) {
>  #ifdef __riscv_muldiv
> -	int dummy;
> -	/* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
> -	__asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
> +		int dummy;
> +		/* In lieu of a halt instruction, induce a long-latency stall. */
> +		__asm__ __volatile__ ("div %0, %0, zero" : "=r" (dummy));
>  #endif
> +	} else {
> +#ifdef __riscv_zihintpause
> +		/*
> +		 * Reduce instruction retirement.
> +		 * This assumes the PC changes.
> +		 */
> +		__asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");
> +#endif
> +	}
>  	barrier();
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> index ccb617791e56..89e563e9c4cc 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int riscv_of_parent_hartid(struct device_node *node)
>   */
>  static struct riscv_isa_ext_data isa_ext_arr[] = {
>  	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(sscofpmf, RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF),
> +	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zihintpause, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE),
>  	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA("", RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX),
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 1b2d42d7f589..327c19507dbb 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static DECLARE_BITMAP(riscv_isa, RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX) __read_mostly;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FPU
>  __ro_after_init DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpu_hwcap_fpu);
>  #endif
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_pause_available);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(riscv_pause_available);
>  
>  /**
>   * riscv_isa_extension_base() - Get base extension word
> @@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
>  				set_bit(*ext - 'a', this_isa);
>  			} else {
>  				SET_ISA_EXT_MAP("sscofpmf", RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF);
> +				SET_ISA_EXT_MAP("zihintpause", RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE);
>  			}
>  #undef SET_ISA_EXT_MAP
>  		}
> @@ -213,6 +216,10 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
>  
>  	}
>  
> +	if (__riscv_isa_extension_available(riscv_isa, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE)) {
> +		static_branch_enable(&riscv_pause_available);
> +	}
> +
>  	/* We don't support systems with F but without D, so mask those out
>  	 * here. */
>  	if ((elf_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_F) && !(elf_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_D)) {
> 

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