[PATCH v5 1/7] riscv: do not read csr in vector context switch
Andy Chiu
tchiu at tenstorrent.com
Mon Aug 10 10:22:28 PDT 2026
CSR operation can be costly as it may introduces serialization. Instead
of reading from sstatus.vs to the detect voluntary context switch in
kernel-mode vector, we can read the context depth from riscv_v_flags, as
it is always non-zero on a trap-introduced context switch.
Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <tchiu at tenstorrent.com>
---
Changelog v5:
- new patch since v5
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h | 3 +--
arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c | 8 --------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
index fffe72a77208..fccf9edb4e6a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h
@@ -377,8 +377,7 @@ static inline void __switch_to_vector(struct task_struct *prev,
struct pt_regs *regs;
if (riscv_preempt_v_started(prev)) {
- if (riscv_v_is_on()) {
- WARN_ON(prev->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK);
+ if (!(current->thread.riscv_v_flags & RISCV_V_CTX_DEPTH_MASK)) {
riscv_v_disable();
prev->thread.riscv_v_flags |= RISCV_PREEMPT_V_IN_SCHEDULE;
}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
index 77e98b504485..5ad93ddf6a10 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/kernel_mode_vector.c
@@ -182,14 +182,6 @@ static int riscv_v_start_kernel_context(void)
get_cpu_vector_context();
__riscv_flush_vector_context();
put_cpu_vector_context();
- /*
- * A voluntary context switch caused by put_cpu_vector_context() can
- * raise the NEED_RESTORE flag if preempt_v starts too early due to a
- * failed risv_v_is_on() check.
- *
- * This causes the next context_nesting_end pollute the v-reg from
- * the stale context memory in kernel-mode vector.
- */
riscv_v_start(RISCV_PREEMPT_V);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0
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