Re: [PATCH] riscv: Do not save the scratch CSR during suspend

[Andrew Jones]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 12:56:38PM -0700, Samuel Holland wrote:
> While the processor is executing kernel code, the value of the scratch
> CSR is always zero, so there is no need to save the value. Continue to
> write the CSR during the resume flow, so we do not rely on firmware to
> initialize it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/suspend.h | 1 -
>  arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c      | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/suspend.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/suspend.h
> index 491296a335d0..6569eefacf38 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/suspend.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/suspend.h
> @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ struct suspend_context {
>  	/* Saved and restored by low-level functions */
>  	struct pt_regs regs;
>  	/* Saved and restored by high-level functions */
> -	unsigned long scratch;
>  	unsigned long envcfg;
>  	unsigned long tvec;
>  	unsigned long ie;
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
> index 299795341e8a..3d306d8a253d 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
> @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
>  
>  void suspend_save_csrs(struct suspend_context *context)
>  {
> -	context->scratch = csr_read(CSR_SCRATCH);
>  	if (riscv_cpu_has_extension_unlikely(smp_processor_id(), RISCV_ISA_EXT_XLINUXENVCFG))
>  		context->envcfg = csr_read(CSR_ENVCFG);
>  	context->tvec = csr_read(CSR_TVEC);
> @@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ void suspend_save_csrs(struct suspend_context *context)
>  
>  void suspend_restore_csrs(struct suspend_context *context)
>  {
> -	csr_write(CSR_SCRATCH, context->scratch);
> +	csr_write(CSR_SCRATCH, 0);
>  	if (riscv_cpu_has_extension_unlikely(smp_processor_id(), RISCV_ISA_EXT_XLINUXENVCFG))
>  		csr_write(CSR_ENVCFG, context->envcfg);
>  	csr_write(CSR_TVEC, context->tvec);
> -- 
> 2.43.1
>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>