[PATCH v5 3/7] riscv: Add xmipsexectl instructions
Aleksa Paunovic via B4 Relay
devnull+aleksa.paunovic.htecgroup.com at kernel.org
Thu Jul 24 08:23:27 PDT 2025
From: Aleksa Paunovic <aleksa.paunovic at htecgroup.com>
Add xmipsexectl instruction opcodes. This includes the MIPS.PAUSE,
MIPS.EHB, and MIPS.IHB instructions.
Signed-off-by: Aleksa Paunovic <aleksa.paunovic at htecgroup.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti at rivosinc.com>
---
arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h
index 133e55985d827ce7d6057004b590bdcbbdb1ec8c..ea8ca747d691df2e9ee7e5360f800fbdccfe3945 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendor_extensions/mips.h
@@ -15,4 +15,23 @@ struct riscv_isa_vendor_ext_data_list;
extern struct riscv_isa_vendor_ext_data_list riscv_isa_vendor_ext_list_mips;
#endif
+/* Extension specific instructions */
+
+/*
+ * All of the xmipsexectl extension instructions are
+ * ‘hint’ encodings of the SLLI instruction,
+ * with rd = 0, rs1 = 0 and imm = 1 for IHB, imm = 3 for EHB,
+ * and imm = 5 for PAUSE.
+ * MIPS.PAUSE is an alternative opcode which is implemented to have the
+ * same behavior as PAUSE on some MIPS RISCV cores.
+ * MIPS.EHB clears all execution hazards before allowing
+ * any subsequent instructions to execute.
+ * MIPS.IHB clears all instruction hazards before
+ * allowing any subsequent instructions to fetch.
+ */
+
+#define MIPS_PAUSE ".4byte 0x00501013\n\t"
+#define MIPS_EHB ".4byte 0x00301013\n\t"
+#define MIPS_IHB ".4byte 0x00101013\n\t"
+
#endif // _ASM_RISCV_VENDOR_EXTENSIONS_MIPS_H
--
2.34.1
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