From: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de, git@amd.com, Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Cc: Yao Zi <me@ziyao.cc>, Leo <ycliang@andestech.com>,
Rick Chen <rick@andestech.com>, Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] riscv: Skip riscv_cpu_setup() when CPU driver is disabled
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 10:44:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b33b9e8f-177d-44bc-a23f-a38fa08c19bf@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8953b5de682097450d7434e267380ac40cba6347.1778488310.git.michal.simek@amd.com>
Hi Rick, cc: Tom,
On 5/11/26 10:31, Michal Simek wrote:
> Building on commit c64fc632a86a ("riscv: cpu: Use CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(CPU)
> instead of plain ifdef"), add an early return in riscv_cpu_setup() when
> CONFIG_CPU is not enabled. This allows platforms to save code space in
> SPL by disabling CONFIG_SPL_CPU.
>
> Without this patch, building U-Boot with CONFIG_CPU=n and CONFIG_EVENT=y
> is broken: riscv_cpu_setup() is registered as an EVT_DM_POST_INIT_F event
> spy, and when the CPU uclass is unavailable uclass_find_first_device()
> returns no device, so the function returns -ENODEV. That in turn makes
> event_notify_null() in dm_init_and_scan() fail and triggers a boot hang
> ("initcall initf_dm() failed"). Returning 0 early avoids that failure.
>
> The compiler's dead-code elimination combined with --gc-sections
> removes the unreachable code and all associated static data,
> achieving significant size reduction without preprocessor guards:
>
> spl/u-boot-spl:all -4332 spl/u-boot-spl:rodata -2872
> spl/u-boot-spl:text -1460
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Yao Zi <me@ziyao.cc>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - extend commit message
>
> arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
> index bbadd0c9a469..3bec7c7cb6d0 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/cpu.c
> @@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ int riscv_cpu_setup(void)
> const char *isa, **exts;
> struct udevice *dev;
>
> + if (!CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(CPU))
> + return 0;
> +
> uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_CPU, &dev);
> if (!dev) {
> debug("unable to find the RISC-V cpu device\n");
Rick: Can you apply this patch?
Thanks,
Michal
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-11 8:31 [PATCH v2] riscv: Skip riscv_cpu_setup() when CPU driver is disabled Michal Simek
2026-06-08 8:44 ` Michal Simek [this message]
2026-06-29 9:00 ` Michal Simek
2026-06-29 14:28 ` Tom Rini
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[not found] ` <d00b7401-d52e-4d49-bfd3-6330d8b31a94@amd.com>
2026-07-20 6:11 ` Michal Simek
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