[PATCH v3 17/22] riscv: alternative: Allow calls with alternate link registers

Samuel Holland samuel.holland at sifive.com
Wed Nov 12 17:45:30 PST 2025


Alternative assembly code may wish to use an alternate link register to
minimize the number of clobbered registers. Apply the offset fix to all
jalr (not jr) instructions, i.e. where rd is not x0.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland at sifive.com>
---

(no changes since v1)

 arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c
index 7642704c7f18..e3eb2585faea 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void riscv_alternative_fix_offsets(void *alt_ptr, unsigned int len,
 			if (!riscv_insn_is_jalr(insn2))
 				continue;
 
-			/* if instruction pair is a call, it will use the ra register */
-			if (RV_EXTRACT_RD_REG(insn) != 1)
+			/* if instruction pair is a call, it will save a link register */
+			if (RV_EXTRACT_RD_REG(insn) == 0)
 				continue;
 
 			riscv_alternative_fix_auipc_jalr(alt_ptr + i * sizeof(u32),
-- 
2.47.2




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