linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] riscv: add support for sysctl unaligned

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:03:14 +0200
From:   Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>
To:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
Cc:     Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>,
        Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>,
        Evan Green <evan@...osinc.com>,
        Björn Topel <bjorn@...osinc.com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ron Minnich <rminnich@...il.com>,
        Daniel Maslowski <cyrevolt@...glemail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] riscv: add support for sysctl unaligned_enabled control

This sysctl tuning option allows the user to disable misaligned access
handling globally on the system. This will also be used by misaligned
detection code to temporarily disable misaligned access handling.

Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig                   | 1 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index d607ab0f7c6d..3515510fe418 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select RISCV_TIMER if RISCV_SBI
 	select SIFIVE_PLIC
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
+	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
 	select THREAD_INFO_IN_TASK
 	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
index 041fd2dbd955..b5fb1ff078e3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ union reg_data {
 	u64 data_u64;
 };
 
+/* sysctl hooks */
+int unaligned_enabled __read_mostly = 1;	/* Enabled by default */
+
 int handle_misaligned_load(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	union reg_data val;
@@ -406,6 +409,9 @@ int handle_misaligned_load(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS, 1, regs, addr);
 
+	if (!unaligned_enabled)
+		return -1;
+
 	if (get_insn(regs, epc, &insn))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -502,6 +508,9 @@ int handle_misaligned_store(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_ALIGNMENT_FAULTS, 1, regs, addr);
 
+	if (!unaligned_enabled)
+		return -1;
+
 	if (get_insn(regs, epc, &insn))
 		return -1;
 
-- 
2.40.1