[PATCH v2] riscv: cancel the limitation that NR_CPUS is less than or equal to 32

Leo Liang ycliang at andestech.com
Mon Feb 13 09:46:11 CET 2023


Hi Xiang,

On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 10:11:31PM +0800, Xiang W wrote:
> 在 2023-02-10星期五的 07:25 +0000,Leo Liang写道:
> > Hi Xiang,
> > 
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 03:24:37PM +0100, David Abdurachmanov wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 1:13 PM Leo Liang <ycliang at andestech.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 01:55:15AM +0800, Xiang W wrote:
> > > > > 在 2021-12-29星期三的 17:23 +0800,Leo Liang写道:
> > > > > > Hi Xiang,
> > > > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 07:32:53AM +0800, Xiang W wrote:
> > > > > > > Various specifications of riscv allow the number of hart to be
> > > > > > > greater than 32. The limit of 32 is determined by
> > > > > > > gd->arch.available_harts. We can eliminate this limitation through
> > > > > > > bitmaps. Currently, the number of hart is limited to 4095, and 4095
> > > > > > > is the limit of the RISC-V Advanced Core Local Interruptor
> > > > > > > Specification.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Test on sifive unmatched.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xiang W <wxjstz at 126.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > Changes since v1:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > * When NR_CPUS is very large, the value of GD_AVAILABLE_HARTS will
> > > > > > >   overflow the immediate range of ld/lw. This patch fixes this
> > > > > > >   problem
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >  arch/riscv/Kconfig                   |  4 ++--
> > > > > > >  arch/riscv/cpu/start.S               | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
> > > > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/global_data.h |  4 +++-
> > > > > > >  arch/riscv/lib/smp.c                 |  2 +-
> > > > > > >  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > 
> > > 
> > > I noticed that this has never landed in U-Boot. Was this forgotten or
> > > dropped for some reason (couldn't find anything)?
> > > 
> > > The current limit on the Linux kernel side is 512. The default on
> > > 64-bit (riscv64) is 64.
> > > 
> > > david
> > 
> > The patch seems to cause some CI error (timeout on QEMU).
> > (https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-riscv/-/pipelines/15076)
> > Could you take a look at it if you have time?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Leo
> 
> sorry! I missing a bug. There is an error in calculating the starting address
> of available_harts. The patch for start.S needs to be updated.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S b/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S
> index 76850ec9be..92f3b78f29 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/start.S
> @@ -166,11 +166,22 @@ wait_for_gd_init:
>  	mv	gp, s0
>  
>  	/* register available harts in the available_harts mask */
> -	li	t1, 1
> -	sll	t1, t1, tp
> -	LREG	t2, GD_AVAILABLE_HARTS(gp)
> -	or	t2, t2, t1
> -	SREG	t2, GD_AVAILABLE_HARTS(gp)
> +	li	t1, GD_AVAILABLE_HARTS
> +	add	t1, t1, gp
> +#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_RV64I)
> +	srli	t2, tp, 6
> +	slli	t2, t2, 3
> +#elif defined(CONFIG_ARCH_RV32I)
> +	srli	t2, tp, 5
> +	slli	t2, t2, 2
> +#endif
> +	add	t1, t1, t2
> +	LREG	t2, 0(t1)
> +	li	t3, 1
> +	sll	t3, t3, tp
> +	or	t2, t2, t3
> +	SREG	t2, 0(t1)
>  
>  	amoswap.w.rl zero, zero, 0(t0)
> 
> The mailing list cannot receive my mail, please help to update
> 

I have updated the patch.
(https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230213084313.10419-1-ycliang@andestech.com/)
Could you take a look to see if there is any issue?

Best regards,
Leo





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