[PATCH v4] lib: sbi: Improve csr read and write

Anup Patel apatel at ventanamicro.com
Thu May 26 08:05:27 PDT 2022


On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 8:12 PM Xiang W <wxjstz at 126.com> wrote:
>
> Reduce the overhead of csr read and write code by producing a small
> piece of code to perform csr read and write.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiang W <wxjstz at 126.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - add fence.i sync instruction memory
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Prevent unnecessary optimizations by the compiler
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix thread safety related bugs as suggested by Anup
>
>  lib/sbi/riscv_asm.c | 145 ++++----------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 132 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/sbi/riscv_asm.c b/lib/sbi/riscv_asm.c
> index a09cf78..452cb19 100644
> --- a/lib/sbi/riscv_asm.c
> +++ b/lib/sbi/riscv_asm.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>
>  #include <sbi/riscv_asm.h>
>  #include <sbi/riscv_encoding.h>
> +#include <sbi/riscv_barrier.h>
>  #include <sbi/sbi_error.h>
>  #include <sbi/sbi_platform.h>
>  #include <sbi/sbi_console.h>
> @@ -93,142 +94,22 @@ void misa_string(int xlen, char *out, unsigned int out_sz)
>
>  unsigned long csr_read_num(int csr_num)
>  {
> -#define switchcase_csr_read(__csr_num, __val)          \
> -       case __csr_num:                                 \
> -               __val = csr_read(__csr_num);            \
> -               break;
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_2(__csr_num, __val)        \
> -       switchcase_csr_read(__csr_num + 0, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_read(__csr_num + 1, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_4(__csr_num, __val)        \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_2(__csr_num + 0, __val)     \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_2(__csr_num + 2, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_8(__csr_num, __val)        \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(__csr_num + 0, __val)     \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(__csr_num + 4, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_16(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(__csr_num + 0, __val)     \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(__csr_num + 8, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_32(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(__csr_num + 0, __val)    \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(__csr_num + 16, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_read_64(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_32(__csr_num + 0, __val)    \
> -       switchcase_csr_read_32(__csr_num + 32, __val)
> -
> -       unsigned long ret = 0;
> -
> -       switch (csr_num) {
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(CSR_PMPCFG0, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_64(CSR_PMPADDR0, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MCYCLE, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MINSTRET, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER3, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER4, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER8, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER16, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MCOUNTINHIBIT, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MHPMEVENT3, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(CSR_MHPMEVENT4, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(CSR_MHPMEVENT8, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(CSR_MHPMEVENT16, ret)
> -#if __riscv_xlen == 32
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MCYCLEH, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MINSTRETH, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER3H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER4H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER8H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER16H, ret)
> -       /**
> -        * The CSR range MHPMEVENT[3-16]H are available only if sscofpmf
> -        * extension is present. The caller must ensure that.
> -        */
> -       switchcase_csr_read(CSR_MHPMEVENT3H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_4(CSR_MHPMEVENT4H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_8(CSR_MHPMEVENT8H, ret)
> -       switchcase_csr_read_16(CSR_MHPMEVENT16H, ret)
> -#endif
> -
> -       default:
> -               sbi_panic("%s: Unknown CSR %#x", __func__, csr_num);
> -               break;
> -       };
> -
> -       return ret;
> -
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_64
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_32
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_16
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_8
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_4
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read_2
> -#undef switchcase_csr_read
> +       volatile uint32_t opcode_buff[2];
> +       typedef unsigned long (*read_f)(void);
> +       opcode_buff[0] = (csr_num << 20) | 0x00002573; /* csrr a0, csr */
> +       opcode_buff[1] = 0x00008067; /* ret */
> +       RISCV_FENCE_I;
> +       return ((read_f)opcode_buff)();
>  }
>
>  void csr_write_num(int csr_num, unsigned long val)
>  {
> -#define switchcase_csr_write(__csr_num, __val)         \
> -       case __csr_num:                                 \
> -               csr_write(__csr_num, __val);            \
> -               break;
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_2(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_write(__csr_num + 0, __val)      \
> -       switchcase_csr_write(__csr_num + 1, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_4(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_2(__csr_num + 0, __val)    \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_2(__csr_num + 2, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_8(__csr_num, __val)       \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(__csr_num + 0, __val)    \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(__csr_num + 4, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_16(__csr_num, __val)      \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(__csr_num + 0, __val)    \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(__csr_num + 8, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_32(__csr_num, __val)      \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(__csr_num + 0, __val)   \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(__csr_num + 16, __val)
> -#define switchcase_csr_write_64(__csr_num, __val)      \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_32(__csr_num + 0, __val)   \
> -       switchcase_csr_write_32(__csr_num + 32, __val)
> -
> -       switch (csr_num) {
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(CSR_PMPCFG0, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_64(CSR_PMPADDR0, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MCYCLE, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MINSTRET, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER3, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER4, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER8, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER16, val)
> -#if __riscv_xlen == 32
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MCYCLEH, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MINSTRETH, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER3H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER4H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER8H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(CSR_MHPMCOUNTER16H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MHPMEVENT3H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(CSR_MHPMEVENT4H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(CSR_MHPMEVENT8H, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(CSR_MHPMEVENT16H, val)
> -#endif
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MCOUNTINHIBIT, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write(CSR_MHPMEVENT3, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_4(CSR_MHPMEVENT4, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_8(CSR_MHPMEVENT8, val)
> -       switchcase_csr_write_16(CSR_MHPMEVENT16, val)
> -
> -       default:
> -               sbi_panic("%s: Unknown CSR %#x", __func__, csr_num);
> -               break;
> -       };
> -
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_64
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_32
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_16
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_8
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_4
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write_2
> -#undef switchcase_csr_write
> +       volatile uint32_t opcode_buff[2];
> +       typedef void (*write_f)(unsigned long val);
> +       opcode_buff[0] = (csr_num << 20) | 0x00051073; /* csrw csr, a0 */
> +       opcode_buff[1] = 0x00008067; /* ret */
> +       RISCV_FENCE_I;

I agree we need FENCE.I in the path but this is
like a big hammer in the execution path.

This is now much slower compared to the existing
approach because every CSR access using this
function will execute FENCE.I

Regards,
Anup

> +       ((write_f)opcode_buff)(val);
>  }
>
>  static unsigned long ctz(unsigned long x)
> --
> 2.30.2
>
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