Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: cpu.c: remove nonexistent ext from cpuinfo

[Hongren Zheng <i@zenithal.me>]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 08:52:42PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> On Wed, 18 May 2022 01:40:18 PDT (-0700), i@zenithal.me wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 06:08:01AM +0800, Hongren (Zenithal) Zheng wrote:
> > > There are no single-letter B/K/J extentions,
> > > as they are never ratified. For P, it is still in
> > > progress and not ratified.
> > > 
> > > The ordering constraint of these placerholders is now removed
> > > from the spec. By commit ("Delete more nonexistent
> > > extensions from the naming constraints") of riscv/riscv-isa-manual
> > 
> > Hi, is there any further update on this patch?
> 
> IIRC there was some debate as to whether that change constituted an
> incompatible change to the spec, but I guess it's stuck around for long
> enough that maybe we should count on it being canon now?  I added Kito and
> Nelson, there's a GNU toolchain call tomorrow morning so hopefully we can
> remember to talk about it...

Hi, I'm curious about the output of the meeting, any update on this?

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Hongren (Zenithal) Zheng <i@zenithal.me>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 4 +---
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > > index ccb617791e56..53a061ab0743 100644
> > > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
> > > @@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ static void print_isa_ext(struct seq_file *f)
> > >  /*
> > >   * These are the only valid base (single letter) ISA extensions as per the spec.
> > >   * It also specifies the canonical order in which it appears in the spec.
> > > - * Some of the extension may just be a place holder for now (B, K, P, J).
> > > - * This should be updated once corresponding extensions are ratified.
> > >   */
> > > -static const char base_riscv_exts[13] = "imafdqcbkjpvh";
> > > +static const char base_riscv_exts[9] = "imafdqcvh";
> > 
> > The base_riscv_exts "imafdqcvh" is exactly the spec now, as
> > https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/commit/db7a4a0dad0e99d1ec1fc67b582624fc0aeae98e
> > (Add single-letter "H" extension to the table)
> > has shown
> 
> Oddly enough I stumbled upon that one this morning, it's another one of
> these like the HPM stuff: we used to say "there's no letter describing the
> hypervisor behavior, so it's part of the base" (see the commentary on the
> binutils patch), but now that there's a letter I'm assuming we should split
> that out?

I'm afraid I could not help here because I'm not familiar with this area.

> 
> Not clear if the RISC-V folks want H to be ignored by software like those
> other recent changes, and if so it's also not clear that's a good idea.
> 
> Anyway, sorry this is taking a while but I think it's going to be too late
> for this merge window -- kind of silly for such a small patch, but it's got
> interface implications and it's all a bit of a hot topic right now.
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > >  static void print_isa(struct seq_file *f, const char *isa)
> > >  {
> > > --
> > > 2.35.1
> > >