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RISC-V code uses the generic ticket lock implementation, which calls the macros smp_cond_load_relaxed() and smp_cond_load_acquire(). Introduce a RISC-V specific implementation of smp_cond_load_relaxed() which applies WRS.NTO of the Zawrs extension in order to reduce power consumption while waiting and allows hypervisors to enable guests to trap while waiting. smp_cond_load_acquire() doesn't need a RISC-V specific implementation as the generic implementation is based on smp_cond_load_relaxed() and smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep() sufficiently provides the acquire semantics. This implementation is heavily based on Arm's approach which is the approach Andrea Parri also suggested. The Zawrs specification can be found here: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-zawrs/blob/main/zawrs.adoc Signed-off-by: Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu> Co-developed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240426100820.14762-11-ajones@ventanamicro.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Linux kernel
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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.