linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] riscv: hwprobe: export Zihintpause ISA extension

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Message-ID: <20240221083108.1235311-1-cleger@rivosinc.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:31:06 +0100
From: Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>,
	Robbin Ehn <rehn@...osinc.com>,
	Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] riscv: hwprobe: export Zihintpause ISA extension

Export the Zihintpause ISA extension through hwprobe which allows using
"pause" instructions. Some userspace applications (OpenJDK for
instance) uses this to handle some locking back-off.

Signed-off-by: Clément Léger <cleger@...osinc.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atishp@...osinc.com>
---
v2:
 - Fix typo "commit commit"
 - Add Atish Reviewed-by:
 - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240219154905.528301-1-cleger@rivosinc.com/
---
 Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst  | 4 ++++
 arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h | 1 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c       | 1 +
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
index b2bcc9eed9aa..204cd4433af5 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ The following keys are defined:
        manual starting from commit 95cf1f9 ("Add changes requested by Ved
        during signoff")
 
+  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE`: The Zihintpause extension is
+       supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit
+       d8ab5c78c207 ("Zihintpause is ratified").
+
 * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0`: A bitmask that contains performance
   information about the selected set of processors.
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
index 9f2a8e3ff204..31c570cbd1c5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct riscv_hwprobe {
 #define		RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZTSO		(1ULL << 33)
 #define		RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZACAS		(1ULL << 34)
 #define		RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICOND	(1ULL << 35)
+#define		RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE	(1ULL << 36)
 #define RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0	5
 #define		RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN	(0 << 0)
 #define		RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_EMULATED	(1 << 0)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
index a7c56b41efd2..1008d25880e1 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static void hwprobe_isa_ext0(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
 		EXT_KEY(ZTSO);
 		EXT_KEY(ZACAS);
 		EXT_KEY(ZICOND);
+		EXT_KEY(ZIHINTPAUSE);
 
 		if (has_vector()) {
 			EXT_KEY(ZVBB);
-- 
2.43.0