linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/13] riscv: improve boot time isa extensions handling

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Message-ID: <Y+kcgcncQO/2DNLo@spud>
Date:   Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:06:09 +0000
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     conor@...nel.org
Cc:     Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...nel.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
        Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/13] riscv: improve boot time isa extensions handling

On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 04:33:58PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 03:59:59PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:

So as not to lead anyone up the garden path, let me correct myself:

> Hmm, so this appears to be us attempting to patch in alternatives where
> none actually exists - seemingly F & D.

And of course that's not true, riscv_has_extension_likely() now uses
alternatives as of:
bdda5d554e43 ("riscv: introduce riscv_has_extension_[un]likely()")

From a quick look, it just happens that the only users are F & D.


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