[PATCH v3 2/2] RISC-V: hwprobe: Add SCALAR to misaligned perf defines

Evan Green evan at rivosinc.com
Fri Aug 9 14:45:52 PDT 2024


On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:56 AM Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 10:22:38AM -0700, Evan Green wrote:
> > In preparation for misaligned vector performance hwprobe keys, rename
> > the hwprobe key values associated with misaligned scalar accesses to
> > include the term SCALAR. Leave the old defines in place to maintain
> > source compatibility.
> >
> > This change is intended to be a functional no-op.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Evan Green <evan at rivosinc.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie at rivosinc.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> >  - Leave the old defines in place (Conor, Palmer)
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> >  - Added patch to rename misaligned perf key values (Palmer)
> >
> >  Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst       | 14 +++++++-------
> >  arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h      |  5 +++++
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c            | 10 +++++-----
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c       |  6 +++---
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c | 12 ++++++------
> >  5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> > index 7121a00a8464..0d14e9d83a78 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
> > @@ -243,23 +243,23 @@ The following keys are defined:
> >    the performance of misaligned scalar native word accesses on the selected set
> >    of processors.
> >
> > -  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
> > -    accesses is unknown.
> > +  * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_UNKNOWN`: The performance of
> > +    misaligned accesses is unknown.
>
> Hey Evan,
>
> This series hasn't landed yet, can you rebase and resend? There is a
> patch [1] that changes the wording of this description to "misaligned
> scalar" instead of "misaligned". Can you apply that wording change to
> these new keys?

Done.



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