Re: [PATCH 0/2] RISC-V: Add Ztso extension

[Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 02:38:34PM +0100, Christoph Müllner wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM Daniel Henrique Barboza
> <dbarboza@ventanamicro.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/7/24 09:22, Christoph Müllner wrote:
> > > The first patch of this series picks up an earlier v2 Ztso patch from Palmer,
> > > which can be found here:
> > >    https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/qemu-devel/patch/20220917072635.11616-1-palmer@rivosinc.com/
> > > This patch did not apply cleanly but the necessary changes were trivial.
> > > There was a request to extend the commit message, which is part of the
> > > posted patch of this series.  As this patch was reviewed a year ago,
> > > I believe it could be merged.
> > >
> > > The second patch simply exposes Ztso via hwprobe.
> >
> > It's also worth mentioning that the second patch relies on:
> >
> > "[PATCH 0/2] linux-user/riscv: Sync hwprobe keys with kernel"
> >
> > To be applied beforehand.
> 
> Indeed! Therefore, the end of the cover letter contains the following paragraph:
> """
> This series is based on today's riscv-to-apply.next with my other series
> that adds the new hwprobe keys
> (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2024-02/msg01293.html).
> """

I think a line like

Based-on: 20240207115926.887816-1-christoph.muellner@vrull.eu

in the cover letter would allow the automated tools to green-light this
series too.

Thanks,
drew


> 
> To ease reviewing and testing for others, I've also created a remote
> branch on GitHub.
> 
> Thanks for reviewing!
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Relevant in this context might be also, that Richard's patch to improve
> > > TCG's memory barrier selection depending on host and guest memory ordering
> > > landed in June 2023:
> > >    https://lore.kernel.org/all/a313b36b-dcc1-f812-ccbd-afed1cbd523b@linaro.org/T/
> > >
> > > The first patch was already sent as part of an RFC series for Ssdtso:
> > >    https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-11/msg02962.html
> > > Since I don't want to keep this patch until the ratification of Ssdtso,
> > > I would like to get this merged independent of Ssdtso.
> > >
> > > This series is based on today's riscv-to-apply.next with my other series
> > > that adds the new hwprobe keys
> > > (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2024-02/msg01293.html).
> > >
> > > This series can also be found here:
> > >    https://github.com/cmuellner/qemu/tree/ztso
> > >
> > > Christoph Müllner (1):
> > >    linux-user/riscv: Add Ztso extension to hwprobe
> > >
> > > Palmer Dabbelt (1):
> > >    RISC-V: Add support for Ztso
> > >
> > >   linux-user/syscall.c                    |  3 +++
> > >   target/riscv/cpu.c                      |  2 ++
> > >   target/riscv/cpu_cfg.h                  |  1 +
> > >   target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rva.c.inc | 11 ++++++++---
> > >   target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvi.c.inc | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> > >   target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvv.c.inc | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   target/riscv/translate.c                |  3 +++
> > >   7 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > >