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Re: [PATCH v13 09/10] xen/riscv: introduce ANDN_INSN


  • To: Oleksii <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:55:18 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:55:33 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 26.06.2024 09:13, Oleksii wrote:
> On Tue, 2024-06-25 at 22:10 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 25/06/2024 3:49 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 25.06.2024 15:51, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
>>>> --- a/xen/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>>>> +++ b/xen/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
>>>> @@ -18,6 +18,20 @@
>>>>          : "r" (new) \
>>>>          : "memory" );
>>>>  
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Binutils < 2.37 doesn't understand ANDN.  If the toolchain is
>>>> too
>>>> +ld, form
>>> Same question: Why's 2.37 suddenly of interest?
>>
>> You deleted the commit message which explains why:
>>
>>> RISC-V does a conditional toolchain test for the Zbb extension
>>> (xen/arch/riscv/rules.mk), but unconditionally uses the ANDN
>>> instruction in emulate_xchg_1_2().
>>
>> Either Zbb needs to be mandatory (both in the toolchain and the board
>> running Xen), or emulate_xchg_1_2() needs to not use the ANDN
>> instruction.
> But we can't go without Zbb there are some things in <xen/bitops.h>
> which now requires this extension. At the current state of development
> it is mandatory.

Maybe that's the "another bug" that Andrew mentioned (without any details)
on Matrix?

Jan



 


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