Source file src/internal/cpu/cpu_riscv64_linux.go

     1  // Copyright 2024 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  //go:build riscv64 && linux
     6  
     7  package cpu
     8  
     9  import _ "unsafe"
    10  
    11  // RISC-V extension discovery code for Linux.
    12  //
    13  // A note on detection of the Vector extension using HWCAP.
    14  //
    15  // Support for the Vector extension version 1.0 was added to the Linux kernel in release 6.5.
    16  // Support for the riscv_hwprobe syscall was added in 6.4. It follows that if the riscv_hwprobe
    17  // syscall is not available then neither is the Vector extension (which needs kernel support).
    18  // The riscv_hwprobe syscall should then be all we need to detect the Vector extension.
    19  // However, some RISC-V board manufacturers ship boards with an older kernel on top of which
    20  // they have back-ported various versions of the Vector extension patches but not the riscv_hwprobe
    21  // patches. These kernels advertise support for the Vector extension using HWCAP. Falling
    22  // back to HWCAP to detect the Vector extension, if riscv_hwprobe is not available, or simply not
    23  // bothering with riscv_hwprobe at all and just using HWCAP may then seem like an attractive option.
    24  //
    25  // Unfortunately, simply checking the 'V' bit in AT_HWCAP will not work as this bit is used by
    26  // RISC-V board and cloud instance providers to mean different things. The Lichee Pi 4A board
    27  // and the Scaleway RV1 cloud instances use the 'V' bit to advertise their support for the unratified
    28  // 0.7.1 version of the Vector Specification. The Banana Pi BPI-F3 and the CanMV-K230 board use
    29  // it to advertise support for 1.0 of the Vector extension. Versions 0.7.1 and 1.0 of the Vector
    30  // extension are binary incompatible. HWCAP can then not be used in isolation to populate the
    31  // HasV field as this field indicates that the underlying CPU is compatible with RVV 1.0.
    32  // Go will only support the ratified versions >= 1.0 and so any vector code it might generate
    33  // would crash on a Scaleway RV1 instance or a Lichee Pi 4a, if allowed to run.
    34  //
    35  // There is a way at runtime to distinguish between versions 0.7.1 and 1.0 of the Vector
    36  // specification by issuing a RVV 1.0 vsetvli instruction and checking the vill bit of the vtype
    37  // register. This check would allow us to safely detect version 1.0 of the Vector extension
    38  // with HWCAP, if riscv_hwprobe were not available. However, the check cannot
    39  // be added until the assembler supports the Vector instructions.
    40  //
    41  // Note the riscv_hwprobe syscall does not suffer from these ambiguities by design as all of the
    42  // extensions it advertises support for are explicitly versioned. It's also worth noting that
    43  // the riscv_hwprobe syscall is the only way to detect multi-letter RISC-V extensions, e.g., Zvbb.
    44  // These cannot be detected using HWCAP and so riscv_hwprobe must be used to detect the majority
    45  // of RISC-V extensions.
    46  //
    47  // Please see https://docs.kernel.org/arch/riscv/hwprobe.html for more information.
    48  
    49  const (
    50  	// Copied from golang.org/x/sys/unix/ztypes_linux_riscv64.go.
    51  	riscv_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_0   = 0x4
    52  	riscv_HWPROBE_IMA_V           = 0x4
    53  	riscv_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0   = 0x5
    54  	riscv_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST = 0x3
    55  	riscv_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_MASK = 0x7
    56  )
    57  
    58  // riscvHWProbePairs is copied from golang.org/x/sys/unix/ztypes_linux_riscv64.go.
    59  type riscvHWProbePairs struct {
    60  	key   int64
    61  	value uint64
    62  }
    63  
    64  //go:linkname riscvHWProbe
    65  func riscvHWProbe(pairs []riscvHWProbePairs, flags uint) bool
    66  
    67  func osInit() {
    68  	// A slice of key/value pair structures is passed to the RISCVHWProbe syscall. The key
    69  	// field should be initialised with one of the key constants defined above, e.g.,
    70  	// RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_0. The syscall will set the value field to the appropriate value.
    71  	// If the kernel does not recognise a key it will set the key field to -1 and the value field to 0.
    72  
    73  	pairs := []riscvHWProbePairs{
    74  		{riscv_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_0, 0},
    75  		{riscv_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0, 0},
    76  	}
    77  
    78  	// This call only indicates that extensions are supported if they are implemented on all cores.
    79  	if !riscvHWProbe(pairs, 0) {
    80  		return
    81  	}
    82  
    83  	if pairs[0].key != -1 {
    84  		v := uint(pairs[0].value)
    85  		RISCV64.HasV = isSet(v, riscv_HWPROBE_IMA_V)
    86  	}
    87  	if pairs[1].key != -1 {
    88  		v := pairs[1].value & riscv_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_MASK
    89  		RISCV64.HasFastMisaligned = v == riscv_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_FAST
    90  	}
    91  }
    92  

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