[PATCH v2 00/13] riscv: improve boot time isa extensions handling

Jisheng Zhang
2022-12-04T18:00:19Z

Generally, riscv ISA extensions are fixed for any specific hardware
platform, that's to say, the hart features won't change any more
after booting, this chacteristic make it straightforward to use
static branch to check one 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.

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 | 14 +--
arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h | 9 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h | 96 +++++++++++----------
arch/riscv/include/asm/module.h | 15 ++++
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 | 63 ++++++++++++++
arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c | 82 +++---------------
arch/riscv/kernel/module.c | 15 ----
arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 2 +
arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c | 5 --
arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S | 7 ++
arch/riscv/kvm/tlb.c | 3 +-
17 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)

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