Re: [PATCH 2/6] RISC-V: KVM: Change the SBI specification version to v2.0

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-10-11T07:27:20Z

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:49:14AM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:43 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:34:59PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> > > We will be implementing SBI DBCN extension for KVM RISC-V so let
> > > us change the KVM RISC-V SBI specification version to v2.0.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@ventanamicro.com>
> > > ---
> > > arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_sbi.h | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_sbi.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_sbi.h
> > > index cdcf0ff07be7..8d6d4dce8a5e 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_sbi.h
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_vcpu_sbi.h
> > > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
> > >
> > > #define KVM_SBI_IMPID 3
> > >
> > > -#define KVM_SBI_VERSION_MAJOR 1
> > > +#define KVM_SBI_VERSION_MAJOR 2
> >
> > What does this number mean? Who checks it? Why do you have to keep
> > incrementing it?
>
> This number is the SBI specification version implemented by KVM RISC-V
> for the Guest kernel.
>
> The original sbi_console_putchar() and sbi_console_getchar() are legacy
> functions (aka SBI v0.1) which were introduced a few years back along
> with the Linux RISC-V port.
>
> The latest SBI v2.0 specification (which is now frozen) introduces a new
> SBI debug console extension which replaces legacy sbi_console_putchar()
> and sbi_console_getchar() functions with better alternatives.
> (Refer, https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-sbi-doc/releases/download/commit-fe4562532a9cc57e5743b6466946c5e5c98c73ca/riscv-sbi.pdf)
>
> This series adds SBI debug console implementation in KVM RISC-V
> so the SBI specification version advertised by KVM RISC-V must also be
> upgraded to v2.0.
>
> Regarding who checks its, the SBI client drivers in the Linux kernel
> will check SBI specification version implemented by higher privilege
> mode (M-mode firmware or HS-mode hypervisor) before probing
> the SBI extension. For example, the HVC SBI driver (PATCH5)
> will ensure SBI spec version to be at least v2.0 before probing
> SBI debug console extension.

Is this api backwards compatible, or did you just break existing
userspace that only expects version 1.0?

thanks,

greg k-h