[PATCH v2 1/3] lib: sbi: Introduce IPI device rating

Anup Patel anup at brainfault.org
Wed Sep 3 08:08:44 PDT 2025


On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM Samuel Holland <samuel.holland at sifive.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anup,
>
> On 2025-09-03 1:52 AM, Anup Patel wrote:
> > A platform can have multiple IPI devices (such as ACLINT MSWI,
> > AIA IMSIC, etc). Currently, OpenSBI rely on platform calling
> > the sbi_ipi_set_device() function in correct order and prefer
> > the first avaiable IPI device which is fragile.
> >
> > Instead of the above, introdcue IPI device rating and prefer
> > the highest rated IPI device. This further allows extending
> > the sbi_ipi_raw_clear() to clear all available IPI devices.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel at ventanamicro.com>
> > ---
> >  include/sbi/sbi_ipi.h        |  5 ++++-
> >  lib/sbi/sbi_init.c           |  2 +-
> >  lib/sbi/sbi_ipi.c            | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  lib/utils/ipi/aclint_mswi.c  |  1 +
> >  lib/utils/ipi/andes_plicsw.c |  1 +
> >  lib/utils/irqchip/imsic.c    |  1 +
> >  6 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/sbi/sbi_ipi.h b/include/sbi/sbi_ipi.h
> > index 62d61304..620a95cf 100644
> > --- a/include/sbi/sbi_ipi.h
> > +++ b/include/sbi/sbi_ipi.h
> > @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ struct sbi_ipi_device {
> >       /** Name of the IPI device */
> >       char name[32];
> >
> > +     /** Ratings of the IPI device (higher is better) */
> > +     unsigned long rating;
> > +
> >       /** Send IPI to a target HART index */
> >       void (*ipi_send)(u32 hart_index);
> >
> > @@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ void sbi_ipi_process(void);
> >
> >  int sbi_ipi_raw_send(u32 hartindex);
> >
> > -void sbi_ipi_raw_clear(void);
> > +void sbi_ipi_raw_clear(bool all_devices);
> >
> >  const struct sbi_ipi_device *sbi_ipi_get_device(void);
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
> > index 84a63748..663b486b 100644
> > --- a/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
> > +++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_init.c
> > @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static void __noreturn init_warmboot(struct sbi_scratch *scratch, u32 hartid)
> >       if (hstate == SBI_HSM_STATE_SUSPENDED) {
> >               init_warm_resume(scratch, hartid);
> >       } else {
> > -             sbi_ipi_raw_clear();
> > +             sbi_ipi_raw_clear(true);
> >               init_warm_startup(scratch, hartid);
> >       }
> >  }
> > diff --git a/lib/sbi/sbi_ipi.c b/lib/sbi/sbi_ipi.c
> > index 2de459b0..d7ba1902 100644
> > --- a/lib/sbi/sbi_ipi.c
> > +++ b/lib/sbi/sbi_ipi.c
> > @@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_domain.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_error.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_hart.h>
> > +#include <sbi/sbi_heap.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_hsm.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_init.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_ipi.h>
> > +#include <sbi/sbi_list.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_platform.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_pmu.h>
> >  #include <sbi/sbi_string.h>
> > @@ -32,8 +34,14 @@ _Static_assert(
> >       "type of sbi_ipi_data.ipi_type has changed, please redefine SBI_IPI_EVENT_MAX"
> >       );
> >
> > +struct sbi_ipi_device_node {
> > +     struct sbi_dlist head;
> > +     const struct sbi_ipi_device *dev;
> > +};
> > +
> >  static unsigned long ipi_data_off;
> >  static const struct sbi_ipi_device *ipi_dev = NULL;
> > +static SBI_LIST_HEAD(ipi_dev_node_list);
> >  static const struct sbi_ipi_event_ops *ipi_ops_array[SBI_IPI_EVENT_MAX];
> >
> >  static int sbi_ipi_send(struct sbi_scratch *scratch, u32 remote_hartindex,
> > @@ -248,7 +256,7 @@ void sbi_ipi_process(void)
> >                       sbi_scratch_offset_ptr(scratch, ipi_data_off);
> >
> >       sbi_pmu_ctr_incr_fw(SBI_PMU_FW_IPI_RECVD);
> > -     sbi_ipi_raw_clear();
> > +     sbi_ipi_raw_clear(false);
> >
> >       ipi_type = atomic_raw_xchg_ulong(&ipi_data->ipi_type, 0);
> >       ipi_event = 0;
> > @@ -283,10 +291,19 @@ int sbi_ipi_raw_send(u32 hartindex)
> >       return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -void sbi_ipi_raw_clear(void)
> > +void sbi_ipi_raw_clear(bool all_devices)
> >  {
> > -     if (ipi_dev && ipi_dev->ipi_clear)
> > -             ipi_dev->ipi_clear();
> > +     struct sbi_ipi_device_node *entry;
> > +
> > +     if (all_devices) {
> > +             sbi_list_for_each_entry(entry, &ipi_dev_node_list, head) {
> > +                     if (entry->dev->ipi_clear)
> > +                             entry->dev->ipi_clear();
> > +             }
> > +     } else {
> > +             if (ipi_dev && ipi_dev->ipi_clear)
> > +                     ipi_dev->ipi_clear();
> > +     }
> >
> >       /*
> >        * Ensure that memory or MMIO writes after this
> > @@ -307,10 +324,20 @@ const struct sbi_ipi_device *sbi_ipi_get_device(void)
> >
> >  void sbi_ipi_set_device(const struct sbi_ipi_device *dev)
>
> Maybe this should be renamed to sbi_ipi_add_device(), since we can now track
> more than one device.

I agree. I will update in the next revision.

>
> >  {
> > -     if (!dev || ipi_dev)
> > +     struct sbi_ipi_device_node *entry;
> > +
> > +     if (!dev)
> > +             return;
> > +
> > +     entry = sbi_zalloc(sizeof(*entry));
> > +     if (!entry)
> >               return;
> > +     SBI_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->head);
> > +     entry->dev = dev;
> > +     sbi_list_add_tail(&entry->head, &ipi_dev_node_list);
>
> Why not put the list node directly in `struct sbi_ipi_device`, instead of using
> a separate allocation? Or is there a reason why that would not work?

The parameter passed to sbi_ipi_set_device() is const and
we should keep it that way.

>
> Regards,
> Samuel
>
> >
> > -     ipi_dev = dev;
> > +     if (!ipi_dev || ipi_dev->rating < dev->rating)
> > +             ipi_dev = dev;
> >  }
> >
> >  int sbi_ipi_init(struct sbi_scratch *scratch, bool cold_boot)
> > @@ -347,7 +374,7 @@ int sbi_ipi_init(struct sbi_scratch *scratch, bool cold_boot)
> >       ipi_data->ipi_type = 0x00;
> >
> >       /* Clear any pending IPIs for the current hart */
> > -     sbi_ipi_raw_clear();
> > +     sbi_ipi_raw_clear(true);
> >
> >       /* Enable software interrupts */
> >       csr_set(CSR_MIE, MIP_MSIP);
> > diff --git a/lib/utils/ipi/aclint_mswi.c b/lib/utils/ipi/aclint_mswi.c
> > index 9e55078a..23510551 100644
> > --- a/lib/utils/ipi/aclint_mswi.c
> > +++ b/lib/utils/ipi/aclint_mswi.c
> > @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static void mswi_ipi_clear(void)
> >
> >  static struct sbi_ipi_device aclint_mswi = {
> >       .name = "aclint-mswi",
> > +     .rating = 100,
> >       .ipi_send = mswi_ipi_send,
> >       .ipi_clear = mswi_ipi_clear
> >  };
> > diff --git a/lib/utils/ipi/andes_plicsw.c b/lib/utils/ipi/andes_plicsw.c
> > index 5d085d85..000fe9fd 100644
> > --- a/lib/utils/ipi/andes_plicsw.c
> > +++ b/lib/utils/ipi/andes_plicsw.c
> > @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static void plicsw_ipi_clear(void)
> >
> >  static struct sbi_ipi_device plicsw_ipi = {
> >       .name      = "andes_plicsw",
> > +     .rating    = 200,
> >       .ipi_send  = plicsw_ipi_send,
> >       .ipi_clear = plicsw_ipi_clear
> >  };
> > diff --git a/lib/utils/irqchip/imsic.c b/lib/utils/irqchip/imsic.c
> > index 057b9fa7..3c150c37 100644
> > --- a/lib/utils/irqchip/imsic.c
> > +++ b/lib/utils/irqchip/imsic.c
> > @@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static void imsic_ipi_send(u32 hart_index)
> >
> >  static struct sbi_ipi_device imsic_ipi_device = {
> >       .name           = "aia-imsic",
> > +     .rating         = 300,
> >       .ipi_send       = imsic_ipi_send
> >  };
> >
>

Regards
Anup



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