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* [PATCH v3 00/13] riscv: improve boot time isa extensions handling
@ 2023-01-11 17:10 Jisheng Zhang
  2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] riscv: fix jal offsets in patched alternatives Jisheng Zhang
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  0 siblings, 13 replies; 36+ messages in thread
From: Jisheng Zhang @ 2023-01-11 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Walmsley, Palmer Dabbelt, Albert Ou, Anup Patel, Atish Patra,
	Heiko Stuebner
  Cc: linux-riscv, linux-kernel, kvm, kvm-riscv

Generally, riscv ISA extensions are fixed for any specific hardware
platform, so a hart's features won't change after booting, this
chacteristic makes it straightforward to use a static branch to check
a specific ISA extension is supported or not to optimize performance.

However, some ISA extensions such as SVPBMT and ZICBOM are handled
via. the alternative sequences.

Basically, for ease of maintenance, we prefer to use static branches
in C code, but recently, Samuel found that the static branch usage in
cpu_relax() breaks building with CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE[1]. As
Samuel pointed out, "Having a static branch in cpu_relax() is
problematic because that function is widely inlined, including in some
quite complex functions like in the VDSO. A quick measurement shows
this static branch is responsible by itself for around 40% of the jump
table."

Samuel's findings pointed out one of a few downsides of static branches
usage in C code to handle ISA extensions detected at boot time:
static branch's metadata in the __jump_table section, which is not
discarded after ISA extensions are finalized, wastes some space.

I want to try to solve the issue for all possible dynamic handling of
ISA extensions at boot time. Inspired by Mark[2], this patch introduces
riscv_has_extension_*() helpers, which work like static branches but
are patched using alternatives, thus the metadata can be freed after
patching.

Hi Heiko,

I combined your code and my code into patch1, since one of the key
patch in the merged "Allow calls in alternatives" series rolled
back to your v1. So I added your Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by
thanks

Since v2
 - rebase on riscv-next
 - collect Reviewed-by tag
 - fix jal imm construction
 - combine Heiko's code and my code for jal patching, thus add
   Co-developed-by tag
 - address comments from Conor

Since v1
 - rebase on v6.1-rc7 + Heiko's alternative improvements[3]
 - collect Reviewed-by tag
 - add one patch to update jal offsets in patched alternatives
 - add one patch to switch to relative alternative entries
 - add patches to patch vdso

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220922060958.44203-1-samuel@sholland.org/
[2]https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220912162210.3626215-8-mark.rutland@arm.com/
[3]https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20221130225614.1594256-1-heiko@sntech.de/


Andrew Jones (1):
  riscv: KVM: Switch has_svinval() to riscv_has_extension_unlikely()

Jisheng Zhang (12):
  riscv: fix jal offsets in patched alternatives
  riscv: move riscv_noncoherent_supported() out of ZICBOM probe
  riscv: cpufeature: detect RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT earlier
  riscv: hwcap: make ISA extension ids can be used in asm
  riscv: cpufeature: extend riscv_cpufeature_patch_func to all ISA
    extensions
  riscv: introduce riscv_has_extension_[un]likely()
  riscv: fpu: switch has_fpu() to riscv_has_extension_likely()
  riscv: module: move find_section to module.h
  riscv: switch to relative alternative entries
  riscv: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO
  riscv: cpu_relax: switch to riscv_has_extension_likely()
  riscv: remove riscv_isa_ext_keys[] array and related usage

 arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c           |  4 +-
 arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c            | 11 ++-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 20 ++---
 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h        | 12 +--
 arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h        |  9 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h              | 97 +++++++++++----------
 arch/riscv/include/asm/insn.h               | 27 ++++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/module.h             | 16 ++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h          |  3 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h               |  4 +
 arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h     |  2 +-
 arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c             | 52 +++++++++++
 arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c              | 78 +++--------------
 arch/riscv/kernel/module.c                  | 15 ----
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c                   |  3 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c                    |  5 --
 arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S           |  7 ++
 arch/riscv/kvm/tlb.c                        |  3 +-
 18 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-)

-- 
2.38.1


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2023-01-11 17:10 [PATCH v3 00/13] riscv: improve boot time isa extensions handling Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] riscv: fix jal offsets in patched alternatives Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:56   ` Andrew Jones
2023-01-11 23:31   ` Heiko Stübner
2023-01-12 20:25     ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] riscv: move riscv_noncoherent_supported() out of ZICBOM probe Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] riscv: cpufeature: detect RISCV_ALTERNATIVES_EARLY_BOOT earlier Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-12 21:11   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] riscv: hwcap: make ISA extension ids can be used in asm Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-12 21:28   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-15 13:13     ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] riscv: cpufeature: extend riscv_cpufeature_patch_func to all ISA extensions Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 23:29   ` Heiko Stübner
2023-01-12  9:21     ` Andrew Jones
2023-01-13 15:18       ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-14 20:32         ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-18 21:54           ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-19  8:29             ` Andrew Jones
2023-01-19 22:13               ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-15 13:59       ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-15 14:19     ` Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] riscv: introduce riscv_has_extension_[un]likely() Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] riscv: fpu: switch has_fpu() to riscv_has_extension_likely() Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-12 21:58   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] riscv: module: move find_section to module.h Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] riscv: switch to relative alternative entries Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 18:11   ` Andrew Jones
2023-01-12 21:49   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] riscv: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 23:55   ` kernel test robot
2023-01-12  7:48   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-12 21:55     ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] riscv: cpu_relax: switch to riscv_has_extension_likely() Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-12 21:59   ` Conor Dooley
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] riscv: KVM: Switch has_svinval() to riscv_has_extension_unlikely() Jisheng Zhang
2023-01-11 17:10 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] riscv: remove riscv_isa_ext_keys[] array and related usage Jisheng Zhang

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