[PATCH v2] lib: utils: fdt_helper: simplify fdt_parse_isa_extensions() helper
Peter Lin
peter.lin at sifive.com
Thu Sep 11 20:05:55 PDT 2025
Hi Samuel,
Thanks for the explanation about the FDT access timing during warm boot.
The original code makes sense now - we can drop the patch.
Thanks,
Peter Lin
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM Samuel Holland
<samuel.holland at sifive.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> On 2025-09-06 2:26 AM, Yu-Chien Peter Lin wrote:
> > The fdt_isa_bitmap was previously used as a temporary array
> > to store ISA extensions when parsing device-tree.
> > To reduce scratch space consumption, set the ISA bitmap
> > directly in hfeature->extensions, allows us to remove the
> > fdt_parse_isa_all_harts() as fdt_parse_isa_extensions() can
> > now handle the task directly.
>
> Unfortunately, this change is not valid, because sbi_platform_extensions_init()
> is called from the warm boot process, and it is not safe to access the FDT after
> the cold boot process completes. The FDT is stored in memory accessible to
> S-mode, so it could be clobbered as soon as the first supervisor domain starts.
> Any refactoring must satisfy the requirement that the cold boot hart parses the
> FDT nodes of all harts.
>
> Regards,
> Samuel
>
> >
> > This change makes the helper function more versatile, even
> > before scratch space is initialized.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yu-Chien Peter Lin <peter.lin at sifive.com>
> > ---
> > include/sbi_utils/fdt/fdt_helper.h | 3 +-
> > lib/utils/fdt/fdt_helper.c | 48 ++++--------------------------
> > platform/generic/platform.c | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/sbi_utils/fdt/fdt_helper.h b/include/sbi_utils/fdt/fdt_helper.h
> > index 04c850cc..24ad1a94 100644
> > --- a/include/sbi_utils/fdt/fdt_helper.h
> > +++ b/include/sbi_utils/fdt/fdt_helper.h
> > @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ int fdt_parse_cbom_block_size(const void *fdt, int cpu_offset, unsigned long *c
> >
> > int fdt_parse_timebase_frequency(const void *fdt, unsigned long *freq);
> >
> > -int fdt_parse_isa_extensions(const void *fdt, unsigned int hartid,
> > - unsigned long *extensions);
> > +int fdt_parse_isa_extensions(const void *fdt, unsigned long *hart_exts);
> >
> > int fdt_parse_gaisler_uart_node(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
> > struct platform_uart_data *uart);
> > diff --git a/lib/utils/fdt/fdt_helper.c b/lib/utils/fdt/fdt_helper.c
> > index 0f4859c1..252dd459 100644
> > --- a/lib/utils/fdt/fdt_helper.c
> > +++ b/lib/utils/fdt/fdt_helper.c
> > @@ -324,8 +324,6 @@ int fdt_parse_timebase_frequency(const void *fdt, unsigned long *freq)
> >
> > #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_NAME_LEN_MAX 32
> >
> > -static unsigned long fdt_isa_bitmap_offset;
> > -
> > static int fdt_parse_isa_one_hart(const char *isa, unsigned long *extensions)
> > {
> > size_t i, j, isa_len;
> > @@ -405,15 +403,13 @@ static void fdt_parse_isa_extensions_one_hart(const char *isa,
> > }
> > }
> >
> > -static int fdt_parse_isa_all_harts(const void *fdt)
> > +int fdt_parse_isa_extensions(const void *fdt, unsigned long *hart_exts)
> > {
> > u32 hartid;
> > const fdt32_t *val;
> > - unsigned long *hart_exts;
> > - struct sbi_scratch *scratch;
> > int err, cpu_offset, cpus_offset, len;
> >
> > - if (!fdt || !fdt_isa_bitmap_offset)
> > + if (!fdt || !hart_exts)
> > return SBI_EINVAL;
> >
> > cpus_offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/cpus");
> > @@ -425,15 +421,11 @@ static int fdt_parse_isa_all_harts(const void *fdt)
> > if (err)
> > continue;
> >
> > - if (!fdt_node_is_enabled(fdt, cpu_offset))
> > + if (hartid != current_hartid())
> > continue;
> >
> > - scratch = sbi_hartid_to_scratch(hartid);
> > - if (!scratch)
> > - return SBI_ENOENT;
> > -
> > - hart_exts = sbi_scratch_offset_ptr(scratch,
> > - fdt_isa_bitmap_offset);
> > + if (!fdt_node_is_enabled(fdt, cpu_offset))
> > + continue;
> >
> > val = fdt_getprop(fdt, cpu_offset, "riscv,isa-extensions", &len);
> > if (val && len > 0) {
> > @@ -454,36 +446,6 @@ static int fdt_parse_isa_all_harts(const void *fdt)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > -int fdt_parse_isa_extensions(const void *fdt, unsigned int hartid,
> > - unsigned long *extensions)
> > -{
> > - int rc, i;
> > - unsigned long *hart_exts;
> > - struct sbi_scratch *scratch;
> > -
> > - if (!fdt_isa_bitmap_offset) {
> > - fdt_isa_bitmap_offset = sbi_scratch_alloc_offset(
> > - sizeof(*hart_exts) *
> > - BITS_TO_LONGS(SBI_HART_EXT_MAX));
> > - if (!fdt_isa_bitmap_offset)
> > - return SBI_ENOMEM;
> > -
> > - rc = fdt_parse_isa_all_harts(fdt);
> > - if (rc)
> > - return rc;
> > - }
> > -
> > - scratch = sbi_hartid_to_scratch(hartid);
> > - if (!scratch)
> > - return SBI_ENOENT;
> > -
> > - hart_exts = sbi_scratch_offset_ptr(scratch, fdt_isa_bitmap_offset);
> > -
> > - for (i = 0; i < BITS_TO_LONGS(SBI_HART_EXT_MAX); i++)
> > - extensions[i] |= hart_exts[i];
> > - return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > static int fdt_parse_uart_node_common(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
> > struct platform_uart_data *uart,
> > unsigned long default_freq,
> > diff --git a/platform/generic/platform.c b/platform/generic/platform.c
> > index 47e771ad..2e8c6051 100644
> > --- a/platform/generic/platform.c
> > +++ b/platform/generic/platform.c
> > @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int generic_final_init(bool cold_boot)
> > int generic_extensions_init(struct sbi_hart_features *hfeatures)
> > {
> > /* Parse the ISA string from FDT and enable the listed extensions */
> > - return fdt_parse_isa_extensions(fdt_get_address(), current_hartid(),
> > + return fdt_parse_isa_extensions(fdt_get_address(),
> > hfeatures->extensions);
> > }
> >
>
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