[PATCH v4 0/2] riscv: hwprobe: Add Zicbop support

Yao Zihong zihong.plct at isrc.iscas.ac.cn
Mon Nov 17 08:32:38 PST 2025


Changes since v3:
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- Dropped the test for Zicbop absence, as prefetch instructions are
  architecturally defined as hints and should never raise SIGILL.
- Removed `--sigsegv` and `--sigbus` options; these faults should never
  occur on compliant implementations, and the test now handles them
  unconditionally for reporting purposes. (Andrew Jones)
- Split the previous `--sigill` option into two explicit 
  `--zicbom-raises-sigill` and `--zicboz-raises-sigill` to enable
  extension-specific tests. (Andrew Jones)

Changes since v2:
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- Squashed the previous UAPI/kernel/doc patches(originally 1/4, 2/4, 3/4)
  into a single hwprobe patch for simplicity.
- Selftests:
  * Dropped the `memory` clobber from the prefetch inline asm since it is
    pure hint.
  * Fixed style problems. (Andrew Jones)
  * Merged the standalone prefetch test into 
    `tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/cbo.c` (Andrew Jones)
  * Switched to `getopt_long` for option parsing. (Andrew Jones)

Changes since v1:
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- Bumped RISCV_HWPROBE_MAX_KEY (modified 1/4).
- Added documentation for the Zicbop hwprobe bit/key (new 3/4).
- Added a selftest(prefetch.c) for Zicbop (new 4/4).

Hi all,

This patch adds UAPI and kernel plumbing to expose the Zicbop extension
presence and its block size through hwprobe. The interface mirrors
Zicbom/Zicboz. This allows userspace to safely discover and optimize
for Zicbop when available.

Background: Zicbop is mandated by the RVA22U64 profile. Downstream may
combine the presence bit with ZICBOP_BLOCK_SIZE to make profile-level
policy decisions or enable Zicbop-specific optimizations.

Yao Zihong (2):
  riscv: hwprobe: Expose Zicbop extension and its block size
  selftests/riscv: Add Zicbop prefetch test

 Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst        |   8 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h            |   2 +-
 arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h       |   2 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c             |   6 +
 tools/testing/selftests/riscv/hwprobe/cbo.c | 168 ++++++++++++++++----
 5 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

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