[PATCH 4/6] RISC-V: use m/sscratch registers for barebox_riscv_pbl_flags

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Wed Sep 14 02:35:01 PDT 2022


On 22-09-14, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 02:49:52PM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> > Use the dedicated scratch register for setting the pbl flags. Each mode
> > has it's own scratch register so we are not conflicting with M-mode
> > running firmware e.g. OpenSBI. Using the scratch register has two main
> > advantages:
> >  1st) It can be used in PBL and non-PBL use-case.
> >  2nd) It is not affected by the relocation code.
> > 
> > This commit prepares barebox to add support for the special cache ops
> > used by several T-Head CPUs.
> > 
> > +static inline void riscv_set_flags(unsigned flags)
> > +{
> > +	switch (flags & RISCV_MODE_MASK) {
> > +	case RISCV_S_MODE:
> > +		__asm__ volatile("csrw sscratch, %0" : : "r"(flags));
> > +		break;
> > +	case RISCV_M_MODE:
> > +		__asm__ volatile("csrw mscratch, %0" : : "r"(flags));
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> > +		/* Other modes are not implemented yet */
> > +	}
> 
> Compilation ends in an error here:
> 
> arch/riscv/include/asm/system.h:27:2: error: label at end of compound statement

Arg.. I used GCC11 they introduced the support for by commit 8b7a9a249a6
("C Parser: Implement mixing of labels and code."). Do we need to add
warning like: -Wc11-c2x-compat? So at least the developer gets informed?

Regards,
  Marco



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