linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next V11 0/7] riscv: Add GENERIC

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:18:08 +0100
From:   Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>
To:     guoren@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de, guoren@...nel.org,
        palmer@...osinc.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        luto@...nel.org, conor.dooley@...rochip.com, heiko@...ech.de,
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        chenhuacai@...nel.org, apatel@...tanamicro.com,
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        mark.rutland@....com, greentime.hu@...ive.com,
        andy.chiu@...ive.com, ben@...adent.org.uk
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next V11 0/7] riscv: Add GENERIC_ENTRY support

guoren@...nel.org writes:

> From: Guo Ren <guoren@...ux.alibaba.com>
>
> The patches convert riscv to use the generic entry infrastructure from
> kernel/entry/*. Some optimization for entry.S with new .macro and merge
> ret_from_kernel_thread into ret_from_fork.
>
> The 1,2 are the preparation of generic entry. 3~7 are the main part
> of generic entry.
>
> All tested with rv64, rv32, rv64 + 32rootfs, all are passed.
>
> You can directly try it with:
> [1] https://github.com/guoren83/linux/tree/generic_entry_v11

FWIW, the v11 branch is not available here.

This series is a really nice cleanup for the RISC-V entry code. I've run
it on some kernel selftests, and haven't seen any issues.

I'm looking forward to having this series pulled in!

Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@...osinc.com>