linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] riscv: cpufeature: detect RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT earlier

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2023 21:11:22 +0000
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] riscv: cpufeature: detect
 RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT earlier

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 01:10:17AM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> Currently riscv_cpufeature_patch_func() does nothing at the
> RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT stage. Add a check to detect whether we
> are in this stage and exit early. This will allow us to use
> riscv_cpufeature_patch_func() for scanning of all ISA extensions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
> Reviewed-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>

Probably overkill at this stage, but:
Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>

BTW, would you mind CCing me on all patches in a series if I have
previously reviewed the series? Makes life easier :)

> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> index 421b3d9578cc..37e8c5e69754 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
> @@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ void __init_or_module riscv_cpufeature_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin,
>  	struct alt_entry *alt;
>  	u32 tmp;
>  
> +	if (stage == RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT)
> +		return;
> +
>  	for (alt = begin; alt < end; alt++) {
>  		if (alt->vendor_id != 0)
>  			continue;
> -- 
> 2.38.1
> 
> 
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