Re: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: recognize S/U mode bits in print_isa

From: Palmer Dabbelt
Date: Fri Nov 16 2018 - 11:52:21 EST


On Fri, 09 Nov 2018 13:42:16 PST (-0800), me@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Removes the warning about an unsupported ISA when reading /proc/cpuinfo
on QEMU. The "S" extension is not being returned as it is not accessible
from userspace.

Signed-off-by: Patrick StÃhlin <me@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index 3a5a2ee31547..b4a7d4427fbb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int riscv_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node)

static void print_isa(struct seq_file *f, const char *orig_isa)
{
- static const char *ext = "mafdc";
+ static const char *ext = "mafdcsu";
const char *isa = orig_isa;
const char *e;

@@ -88,11 +88,14 @@ static void print_isa(struct seq_file *f, const char *orig_isa)
/*
* Check the rest of the ISA string for valid extensions, printing those
* we find. RISC-V ISA strings define an order, so we only print the
- * extension bits when they're in order.
+ * extension bits when they're in order. Hide the supervisor (S)
+ * extension from userspace as it's not accessible from there.
*/
for (e = ext; *e != '\0'; ++e) {
if (isa[0] == e[0]) {
- seq_write(f, isa, 1);
+ if (isa[0] != 's')
+ seq_write(f, isa, 1);
+
isa++;
}
}

This looks good to me. I'll target it for the RCs, as it's fairly small and that warning fires too often.

Thanks!