[PATCH -fixes] riscv: Fix RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY

[Conor Dooley]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:57:37PM +0200, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> RISCV_ALTERNATIVE_EARLY will issue sbi_ecall() very early in the boot
> process, before the first memory mapping is setup so we can't have any
> instrumentation happening here.
> 
> In addition, when the kernel is relocatable, we must also not issue any
> relocation this early since they would have been patched virtually only.
> 
> So, instead of disabling instrumentation for the whole kernel/sbi.c file
> and compiling it with -fno-pie, simply move __sbi_ecall() and
> __sbi_base_ecall() into their own file where this is fixed.

IOW, this should fix the issue that we discussed here
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/abec162e-f3f2-488c-83d9-be17257a5df8@ghiti.fr/
also?
I'm sorry I didn't get to test that yet, we had some pretty bad IT
issues in the office the last weeks and I have been avoiding going
there. I'll try to test this one instead..
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