Re: [PATCH v1] RISC-V: clarify what some RISCV_ISA* config options do

From: Samuel Holland
Date: Thu Apr 18 2024 - 18:19:07 EST


On 2024-04-18 9:21 AM, Conor Dooley wrote:
> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> During some discussion on IRC yesterday and on Pu's bpf patch [1]
> I noticed that these RISCV_ISA* Kconfig options are not really clear
> about their implications. Many of these options have no impact on what
> userspace is allowed to do, for example an application can use Zbb
> regardless of whether or not the kernel does. Change the help text to
> try and clarify whether or not an option affects just the kernel, or
> also userspace. None of these options actually control whether or not an
> extension is detected dynamically as that's done regardless of Kconfig
> options, so drop any text that implies the option is required for
> dynamic detection, rewording them as "do x when y is detected".
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20240328-ferocity-repose-c554f75a676c@spud/ [1]
> Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Vector copy-paste-o fixed, correct spelling of optimisations kept.
>
> CC: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Pu Lehui <pulehui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@xxxxxxxxxx>