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Some bits in the [ms]envcfg CSR, such as the CFI state and pointer masking mode, need to be controlled on a per-thread basis. Support this by keeping a copy of the CSR value in struct thread_struct and writing it during context switches. It is safe to discard the old CSR value during the context switch because the CSR is modified only by software, so the CSR will remain in sync with the copy in thread_struct. Use ALTERNATIVE directly instead of riscv_has_extension_unlikely() to minimize branchiness in the context switching code. Since thread_struct is copied during fork(), setting the value for the init task sets the default value for all other threads. Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> Reviewed-by: Deepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland@sifive.com> Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240814081126.956287-3-samuel.holland@sifive.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.