Re: [RFC 5/6] RISC-V: Move spinwait booting method to its own config

[Anup Patel]

On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 5:51 AM Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The spinwait booting method should only be used for platforms with older
> firmware without SBI HSM extension or M-mode firmware because spinwait
> method can't support cpu hotplug, kexec or sparse hartid. It is better
> to move the entire spinwait implementation to its own config which can
> be disabled if required. It is enabled by default to maintain backward
> compatibility and M-mode Linux.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/Kconfig          | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile  |  3 ++-
>  arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c |  8 ++++++++
>  arch/riscv/kernel/head.S    |  6 +++---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/head.h    |  2 ++
>  5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> index 821252b65f89..4afb42d5707d 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> @@ -403,6 +403,20 @@ config RISCV_SBI_V01
>           This config allows kernel to use SBI v0.1 APIs. This will be
>           deprecated in future once legacy M-mode software are no longer in use.
>
> +config RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
> +       bool "Spinwait booting method"
> +       depends on SMP
> +       default y
> +       help
> +         This enables support for booting Linux via spinwait method. In the
> +         spinwait method, all cores randomly jump to Linux. One of the core
> +         gets chosen via lottery and all other keeps spinning on a percpu
> +         variable. This method can not support cpu hotplug and sparse hartid
> +         scheme. It should be only enabled for M-mode Linux or platforms relying
> +         on older firmware without SBI HSM extension. All other platform should
> +         rely on ordered booing via SBI HSM extension which gets chosen
> +          dynamically at runtime if the firmware supports it.
> +
>  config KEXEC
>         bool "Kexec system call"
>         select KEXEC_CORE
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> index 3397ddac1a30..612556faa527 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)             += fpu.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)              += smpboot.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)              += smp.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)              += cpu_ops.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)              += cpu_ops_spinwait.o
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT) += cpu_ops_spinwait.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)          += module.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SECTIONS)  += module-sections.o
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
> index c1e30f403c3b..170d07e57721 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu_ops.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,15 @@
>  const struct cpu_operations *cpu_ops[NR_CPUS] __ro_after_init;
>
>  extern const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_sbi;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
>  extern const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_spinwait;
> +#else
> +const struct cpu_operations cpu_ops_spinwait = {
> +       .name           = "",
> +       .cpu_prepare    = NULL,
> +       .cpu_start      = NULL,
> +};
> +#endif
>
>  void __init cpu_set_ops(int cpuid)
>  {
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> index 9f16bfe9307e..4a694e15b95b 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pmp_done:
>         li t0, SR_FS
>         csrc CSR_STATUS, t0
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
>         li t0, CONFIG_NR_CPUS
>         blt a0, t0, .Lgood_cores
>         tail .Lsecondary_park
> @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ pmp_done:
>         beq t0, t1, .Lsecondary_start
>
>  #endif /* CONFIG_XIP */
> -#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
> +#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT */
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>         la sp, _end + THREAD_SIZE
> @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ clear_bss_done:
>         call soc_early_init
>         tail start_kernel
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT)

The RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT option already depends on SMP.

Do you still need to check defined(CONFIG_SMP) here ?

Regards,
Anup

>  .Lsecondary_start:
>         /* Set trap vector to spin forever to help debug */
>         la a3, .Lsecondary_park
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
> index 5393cca77790..726731ada534 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.h
> @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa);
>  asmlinkage void __init __copy_data(void);
>  #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT
>  extern void *__cpu_spinwait_stack_pointer[];
>  extern void *__cpu_spinwait_task_pointer[];
> +#endif
>
>  #endif /* __ASM_HEAD_H */
> --
> 2.33.1
>