Re: [PATCH 06/19] riscv: Extend cpufeature.c to detect vendor extensions

From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: "Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley@microchip.com>,
	"Rob Herring" <robh@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@linaro.org>,
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	"Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	"Albert Ou" <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	"Guo Ren" <guoren@kernel.org>,
	"Conor Dooley" <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
	"Chen-Yu Tsai" <wens@csie.org>,
	"Jernej Skrabec" <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
	"Samuel Holland" <samuel@sholland.org>,
	"Evan Green" <evan@rivosinc.com>,
	"Clément Léger" <cleger@rivosinc.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/19] riscv: Extend cpufeature.c to detect vendor extensions
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:59:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240412-factsheet-attain-1a2d1c5306a2@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZhloHGxa5jRRR9xg@ghost>

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 09:58:04AM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 01:30:08PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 09:11:12PM -0700, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> > >  static void __init riscv_parse_isa_string(unsigned long *this_hwcap, struct riscv_isainfo *isainfo,
> > 
> > > -					  unsigned long *isa2hwcap, const char *isa)
> > > +					struct riscv_isainfo *isavendorinfo, unsigned long vendorid,
> > > +					unsigned long *isa2hwcap, const char *isa)
> > >  {
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 * For all possible cpus, we have already validated in
> > > @@ -349,8 +384,30 @@ static void __init riscv_parse_isa_string(unsigned long *this_hwcap, struct risc
> > >  		const char *ext = isa++;
> > >  		const char *ext_end = isa;
> > >  		bool ext_long = false, ext_err = false;
> > > +		struct riscv_isainfo *selected_isainfo = isainfo;
> > > +		const struct riscv_isa_ext_data *selected_riscv_isa_ext = riscv_isa_ext;
> > > +		size_t selected_riscv_isa_ext_count = riscv_isa_ext_count;
> > > +		unsigned int id_offset = 0;
> > >  
> > >  		switch (*ext) {
> > > +		case 'x':
> > > +		case 'X':
> > 
> > One quick remark is that we should not go and support this stuff via
> > riscv,isa in my opinion, only allowing it for the riscv,isa-extensions
> > parsing. We don't have a way to define meanings for vendor extensions in
> > this way. ACPI also uses this codepath and at the moment the kernel's
> > docs say we're gonna follow isa string parsing rules in a specific version
> > of the ISA manual. While that manual provides a format for the string and
> > meanings for standard extensions, there's nothing in there that allows us
> > to get consistent meanings for specific vendor extensions, so I think we
> > should avoid intentionally supporting this here.
> 
> Getting a "consistent meaning" is managed by a vendor.

IOW, there's absolutely no guarantee of a consistent meaning.

> If a vendor
> supports a vendor extension and puts it in their DT/ACPI table it's up
> to them to ensure that it works. How does riscv,isa-extensions allow for
> a consistent meaning?

The definitions for each string contain links to exact versions of
specifications that they correspond to.

> > 
> > I'd probably go as far as to actively skip vendor extensions in
> > riscv_parse_isa_string() to avoid any potential issues.
> > 
> > > +			bool found;
> > > +
> > > +			found = get_isa_vendor_ext(vendorid,
> > > +						   &selected_riscv_isa_ext,
> > > +						   &selected_riscv_isa_ext_count);
> > > +			selected_isainfo = isavendorinfo;
> > > +			id_offset = RISCV_ISA_VENDOR_EXT_BASE;
> > > +			if (!found) {
> > > +				pr_warn("No associated vendor extensions with vendor id: %lx\n",
> > > +					vendorid);
> > 
> > This should not be a warning, anything we don't understand should be
> > silently ignored to avoid spamming just because the kernel has not grown
> > support for it yet.
> 
> Sounds good.
> 
> - Charlie
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Conor.
> > 
> > > +				for (; *isa && *isa != '_'; ++isa)
> > > +					;
> > > +				ext_err = true;
> > > +				break;
> > > +			}
> > > +			fallthrough;
> > >  		case 's':
> > >  			/*
> > >  			 * Workaround for invalid single-letter 's' & 'u' (QEMU).
> > > @@ -366,8 +423,6 @@ static void __init riscv_parse_isa_string(unsigned long *this_hwcap, struct risc
> > >  			}
> > >  			fallthrough;
> > >  		case 'S':
> > > -		case 'x':
> > > -		case 'X':
> > >  		case 'z':
> > >  		case 'Z':
> > >  			/*
> > > @@ -476,8 +531,10 @@ static void __init riscv_parse_isa_string(unsigned long *this_hwcap, struct risc
> > >  				set_bit(nr, isainfo->isa);
> > >  			}
> > >  		} else {
> > > -			for (int i = 0; i < riscv_isa_ext_count; i++)
> > > -				match_isa_ext(&riscv_isa_ext[i], ext, ext_end, isainfo);
> > > +			for (int i = 0; i < selected_riscv_isa_ext_count; i++)
> > > +				match_isa_ext(&selected_riscv_isa_ext[i], ext,
> > > +					      ext_end, selected_isainfo,
> > > +					      id_offset);
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > >  }
> 
> 

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