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dc892fb443An IPI backend is always required in an SMP configuration, but an SBI implementation is not. For example, SBI will be unavailable when the kernel runs in M mode. For this reason, consider IPI delivery of cache and TLB flushes to be the base case, and any other implementation (such as the SBI remote fence extension) to be an optimization. Generally, if IPIs can be delivered without firmware assistance, they are assumed to be faster than SBI calls due to the SBI context switch overhead. However, when SBI is used as the IPI backend, then the context switch cost must be paid anyway, and performing the cache/TLB flush directly in the SBI implementation is more efficient than injecting an interrupt to S-mode. This is the only existing scenario where riscv_ipi_set_virq_range() is called with use_for_rfence set to false. sbi_ipi_init() already checks riscv_ipi_have_virq_range(), so it only calls riscv_ipi_set_virq_range() when no other IPI device is available. This allows moving the static key and dropping the use_for_rfence parameter. This decouples the static key from the irqchip driver probe order. Furthermore, the static branch only makes sense when CONFIG_RISCV_SBI is enabled. Optherwise, IPIs must be used. Add a fallback definition of riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence() which handles this case and removes the need to check CONFIG_RISCV_SBI elsewhere, such as in cacheflush.c. Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327045035.368512-4-samuel.holland@sifive.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.