linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] RISC-V: Show accurate per-hart isa in /proc/cpuinfo

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Message-Id: <169945622381.21527.13453670582776610843.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:10:23 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+linux-riscv@...nel.org
To:     Evan Green <evan@...osinc.com>
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        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, heiko@...ech.de, corbet@....net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] RISC-V: Show accurate per-hart isa in /proc/cpuinfo

Hello:

This patch was applied to riscv/linux.git (for-next)
by Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>:

On Mon,  6 Nov 2023 15:24:39 -0800 you wrote:
> In /proc/cpuinfo, most of the information we show for each processor is
> specific to that hart: marchid, mvendorid, mimpid, processor, hart,
> compatible, and the mmu size. But the ISA string gets filtered through a
> lowest common denominator mask, so that if one CPU is missing an ISA
> extension, no CPUs will show it.
> 
> Now that we track the ISA extensions for each hart, let's report ISA
> extension info accurately per-hart in /proc/cpuinfo. We cannot change
> the "isa:" line, as usermode may be relying on that line to show only
> the common set of extensions supported across all harts. Add a new "hart
> isa" line instead, which reports the true set of extensions for that
> hart.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v6] RISC-V: Show accurate per-hart isa in /proc/cpuinfo
    https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/d3d2cf1acab1

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