Re: [PATCH V2 0/6] riscv: Add GENERIC_ENTRY, IRQ_STACKS support

From: Guo Ren
Date: Sun Sep 04 2022 - 07:05:42 EST


On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 6:17 PM <Conor.Dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey Guo Ren,
> (off topic: is Guo or Ren your given name?)
My name is written in Guo Ren / guoren. Don't separate them. In China,
no one calls me Guo or Ren separately, it makes me strange.

>
> This series seems to introduce a build warning:
>
> arch/riscv/kernel/irq.c:17:1: warning: symbol 'irq_stack_ptr' was not declared. Should it be static?
I don't have that warning. But you are right, it should be static.
Thank you. I will fix it in the next version of the patch.

>
> One more comment below:
>
> On 04/09/2022 08:26, guoren@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open attachments unless you know the content is safe
> >
> > From: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The patches convert riscv to use the generic entry infrastructure from
> > kernel/entry/*. Add independent irq stacks (IRQ_STACKS) for percpu to
> > prevent kernel stack overflows. Add the HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK
> > feature for the IRQ_STACKS config. You can try it directly with [1].
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/guoren83/linux/tree/generic_entry_v2
> >
> > Changes in V2:
> > - Fixup compile error by include "riscv: ptrace: Remove duplicate
> > operation"
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220903162328.1952477-2-guoren@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
>
> I find this really confusing. The same patch is in two different series?
> Is the above series no longer required & this is a different approach?
> Thanks,
> Conor.
>
> > - Fixup compile warning
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > - Add test repo link in cover letter
> >
> > Guo Ren (6):
> > riscv: ptrace: Remove duplicate operation
> > riscv: convert to generic entry
> > riscv: Support HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
> > riscv: Support HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK
> > riscv: elf_kexec: Fixup compile warning
> > riscv: compat_syscall_table: Fixup compile warning
> >
> > arch/riscv/Kconfig | 10 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h | 1 -
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/entry-common.h | 8 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/irq.h | 3 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/ptrace.h | 10 +-
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/stacktrace.h | 5 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h | 6 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h | 15 +-
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/vmap_stack.h | 28 +++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/elf_kexec.c | 4 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S | 255 +++++---------------------
> > arch/riscv/kernel/irq.c | 75 ++++++++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c | 41 -----
> > arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c | 21 +--
> > arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c | 26 +++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c | 11 ++
> > arch/riscv/mm/fault.c | 12 +-
> > 18 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 282 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/entry-common.h
> > create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/vmap_stack.h
> >
> > --
> > 2.36.1
> >
>


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Best Regards
Guo Ren