Re: [PATCH v5 0/7] riscv: Add support for xmipsexectl

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On 7/31/25 15:36, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:

> Hi Aleksa,
>
> On 7/24/25 17:23, Aleksa Paunovic via B4 Relay wrote:
>> This patch series adds support for the xmipsexectl vendor extension.
>> A new hardware probe key has also been added to allow userspace to probe for MIPS vendor extensions.
>>
>> Additionally, since the standard Zihintpause PAUSE instruction encoding is not supported on some MIPS CPUs,
>> an errata was implemented for replacing this instruction with the xmipsexectl MIPS.PAUSE alternative encoding.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aleksa Paunovic <aleksa.paunovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Changes in v5:
>> - Add MIPS.IHB and MIPS.EHB instructions
>> - Rebase on alex-for-next
>> - Address other smaller comments pointed out by Alexandre
>> - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250625-p8700-pause-v4-0-6c7dd7f85756@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> This is a continuation of a previous series, which did not implement the full
>> xmipsexectl vendor extension. The title was updated accordingly.
>>
>> Changes in v4:
>> - Add support for the xmipsexectl vendor extension
>> - Remove the ifdef/else from errata_list.h
>> - Replace the ifdef/else with a hwprobe call in the userspace code.
>>
>> Link to v3:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20250129131703.733098-1-arikalo@xxxxxxxxx/
>>
>> ---
>> Aleksa Paunovic (6):
>>        dt-bindings: riscv: Add xmipsexectl ISA extension description
>>        riscv: Add xmipsexectl as a vendor extension
>>        riscv: Add xmipsexectl instructions
>>        riscv: hwprobe: Add MIPS vendor extension probing
>>        riscv: hwprobe: Document MIPS xmipsexectl vendor extension
>>        riscv: Add tools support for xmipsexectl
>>
>> Djordje Todorovic (1):
>>        riscv: errata: Fix the PAUSE Opcode for MIPS P8700
>>
>>   Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst               |  9 +++
>>   .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/extensions.yaml      |  6 ++
>>   arch/riscv/Kconfig.errata                          | 23 ++++++++
>>   arch/riscv/Kconfig.vendor                          | 13 +++++
>>   arch/riscv/errata/Makefile                         |  1 +
>>   arch/riscv/errata/mips/Makefile                    |  5 ++
>>   arch/riscv/errata/mips/errata.c                    | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h               |  3 +
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h                   |  3 +-
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h               | 13 ++++-
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list_vendors.h       |  5 ++
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h                   |  3 +-
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h            |  3 +-
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h    | 37 ++++++++++++
>>   .../include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips_hwprobe.h   | 22 +++++++
>>   arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h             |  1 +
>>   arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h              |  1 +
>>   arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/vendor/mips.h          |  3 +
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c                    |  5 ++
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c                    |  4 ++
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/vendor_extensions.c              | 10 ++++
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/vendor_extensions/Makefile       |  2 +
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/vendor_extensions/mips.c         | 22 +++++++
>>   arch/riscv/kernel/vendor_extensions/mips_hwprobe.c | 23 ++++++++
>>   arch/riscv/mm/init.c                               |  1 +
>>   tools/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h      | 27 +++++----
>>   26 files changed, 298 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>> ---
>> base-commit: b6a4bae2f16162876842127d7507dad84e404f8f
>> change-id: 20250424-p8700-pause-dcb649968e24
>>
>> Best regards,
>
>
> Thanks for the v5, I'll take that for 6.17.

Hi Alexandre,

Thank you once again for taking the time to review the series.

Best regards,

Aleksa

>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>




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