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+=================================
+Boot image header in RISC-V Linux
+=================================
+
+:Author: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
+:Date: 20 May 2019
+
+This document only describes the boot image header details for RISC-V Linux.
+
+TODO:
+ Write a complete booting guide.
+
+The following 64-byte header is present in decompressed Linux kernel image::
+
+ u32 code0; /* Executable code */
+ u32 code1; /* Executable code */
+ u64 text_offset; /* Image load offset, little endian */
+ u64 image_size; /* Effective Image size, little endian */
+ u64 flags; /* kernel flags, little endian */
+ u32 version; /* Version of this header */
+ u32 res1 = 0; /* Reserved */
+ u64 res2 = 0; /* Reserved */
+ u64 magic = 0x5643534952; /* Magic number, little endian, "RISCV" */
+ u32 magic2 = 0x05435352; /* Magic number 2, little endian, "RSC\x05" */
+ u32 res3; /* Reserved for PE COFF offset */
+
+This header format is compliant with PE/COFF header and largely inspired from
+ARM64 header. Thus, both ARM64 & RISC-V header can be combined into one common
+header in future.
+
+Notes
+=====
+
+- This header can also be reused to support EFI stub for RISC-V in future. EFI
+ specification needs PE/COFF image header in the beginning of the kernel image
+ in order to load it as an EFI application. In order to support EFI stub,
+ code0 should be replaced with "MZ" magic string and res3(at offset 0x3c) should
+ point to the rest of the PE/COFF header.
+
+- version field indicate header version number
+
+ ========== =============
+ Bits 0:15 Minor version
+ Bits 16:31 Major version
+ ========== =============
+
+ This preserves compatibility across newer and older version of the header.
+ The current version is defined as 0.2.
+
+- The "magic" field is deprecated as of version 0.2. In a future
+ release, it may be removed. This originally should have matched up
+ with the ARM64 header "magic" field, but unfortunately does not.
+ The "magic2" field replaces it, matching up with the ARM64 header.
+
+- In current header, the flags field has only one field.
+
+ ===== ====================================
+ Bit 0 Kernel endianness. 1 if BE, 0 if LE.
+ ===== ====================================
+
+- Image size is mandatory for boot loader to load kernel image. Booting will
+ fail otherwise.
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/index.rst b/Documentation/riscv/index.rst
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+===================
+RISC-V architecture
+===================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ boot-image-header
+ pmu
+ patch-acceptance
+
+.. only:: subproject and html
+
+ Indices
+ =======
+
+ * :ref:`genindex`
diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+arch/riscv maintenance guidelines for developers
+================================================
+
+Overview
+--------
+The RISC-V instruction set architecture is developed in the open:
+in-progress drafts are available for all to review and to experiment
+with implementations. New module or extension drafts can change
+during the development process - sometimes in ways that are
+incompatible with previous drafts. This flexibility can present a
+challenge for RISC-V Linux maintenance. Linux maintainers disapprove
+of churn, and the Linux development process prefers well-reviewed and
+tested code over experimental code. We wish to extend these same
+principles to the RISC-V-related code that will be accepted for
+inclusion in the kernel.
+
+Submit Checklist Addendum
+-------------------------
+We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the
+specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being
+"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation. (Developers may, of
+course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for
+any draft extensions that they wish.)
+
+Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create
+their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required
+to go through any review or ratification process by the RISC-V
+Foundation. To avoid the maintenance complexity and potential
+performance impact of adding kernel code for implementor-specific
+RISC-V extensions, we'll only to accept patches for extensions that
+have been officially frozen or ratified by the RISC-V Foundation.
+(Implementors, may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees
+containing code for any custom extensions that they wish.)
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+===================================
+Supporting PMUs on RISC-V platforms
+===================================
+
+Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>, Mar 2018
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+As of this writing, perf_event-related features mentioned in The RISC-V ISA
+Privileged Version 1.10 are as follows:
+(please check the manual for more details)
+
+* [m|s]counteren
+* mcycle[h], cycle[h]
+* minstret[h], instret[h]
+* mhpeventx, mhpcounterx[h]
+
+With such function set only, porting perf would require a lot of work, due to
+the lack of the following general architectural performance monitoring features:
+
+* Enabling/Disabling counters
+ Counters are just free-running all the time in our case.
+* Interrupt caused by counter overflow
+ No such feature in the spec.
+* Interrupt indicator
+ It is not possible to have many interrupt ports for all counters, so an
+ interrupt indicator is required for software to tell which counter has
+ just overflowed.
+* Writing to counters
+ There will be an SBI to support this since the kernel cannot modify the
+ counters [1]. Alternatively, some vendor considers to implement
+ hardware-extension for M-S-U model machines to write counters directly.
+
+This document aims to provide developers a quick guide on supporting their
+PMUs in the kernel. The following sections briefly explain perf' mechanism
+and todos.
+
+You may check previous discussions here [1][2]. Also, it might be helpful
+to check the appendix for related kernel structures.
+
+
+1. Initialization
+-----------------
+
+*riscv_pmu* is a global pointer of type *struct riscv_pmu*, which contains
+various methods according to perf's internal convention and PMU-specific
+parameters. One should declare such instance to represent the PMU. By default,
+*riscv_pmu* points to a constant structure *riscv_base_pmu*, which has very
+basic support to a baseline QEMU model.
+
+Then he/she can either assign the instance's pointer to *riscv_pmu* so that
+the minimal and already-implemented logic can be leveraged, or invent his/her
+own *riscv_init_platform_pmu* implementation.
+
+In other words, existing sources of *riscv_base_pmu* merely provide a
+reference implementation. Developers can flexibly decide how many parts they
+can leverage, and in the most extreme case, they can customize every function
+according to their needs.
+
+
+2. Event Initialization
+-----------------------
+
+When a user launches a perf command to monitor some events, it is first
+interpreted by the userspace perf tool into multiple *perf_event_open*
+system calls, and then each of them calls to the body of *event_init*
+member function that was assigned in the previous step. In *riscv_base_pmu*'s
+case, it is *riscv_event_init*.
+
+The main purpose of this function is to translate the event provided by user
+into bitmap, so that HW-related control registers or counters can directly be
+manipulated. The translation is based on the mappings and methods provided in
+*riscv_pmu*.
+
+Note that some features can be done in this stage as well:
+
+(1) interrupt setting, which is stated in the next section;
+(2) privilege level setting (user space only, kernel space only, both);
+(3) destructor setting. Normally it is sufficient to apply *riscv_destroy_event*;
+(4) tweaks for non-sampling events, which will be utilized by functions such as
+ *perf_adjust_period*, usually something like the follows::
+
+ if (!is_sampling_event(event)) {
+ hwc->sample_period = x86_pmu.max_period;
+ hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
+ local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
+ }
+
+In the case of *riscv_base_pmu*, only (3) is provided for now.
+
+
+3. Interrupt
+------------
+
+3.1. Interrupt Initialization
+
+This often occurs at the beginning of the *event_init* method. In common
+practice, this should be a code segment like::
+
+ int x86_reserve_hardware(void)
+ {
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&pmc_refcount)) {
+ mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
+ if (atomic_read(&pmc_refcount) == 0) {
+ if (!reserve_pmc_hardware())
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ else
+ reserve_ds_buffers();
+ }
+ if (!err)
+ atomic_inc(&pmc_refcount);
+ mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
+ }
+
+ return err;
+ }
+
+And the magic is in *reserve_pmc_hardware*, which usually does atomic
+operations to make implemented IRQ accessible from some global function pointer.
+*release_pmc_hardware* serves the opposite purpose, and it is used in event
+destructors mentioned in previous section.
+
+(Note: From the implementations in all the architectures, the *reserve/release*
+pair are always IRQ settings, so the *pmc_hardware* seems somehow misleading.
+It does NOT deal with the binding between an event and a physical counter,
+which will be introduced in the next section.)
+
+3.2. IRQ Structure
+
+Basically, a IRQ runs the following pseudo code::
+
+ for each hardware counter that triggered this overflow
+
+ get the event of this counter
+
+ // following two steps are defined as *read()*,
+ // check the section Reading/Writing Counters for details.
+ count the delta value since previous interrupt
+ update the event->count (# event occurs) by adding delta, and
+ event->hw.period_left by subtracting delta
+
+ if the event overflows
+ sample data
+ set the counter appropriately for the next overflow
+
+ if the event overflows again
+ too frequently, throttle this event
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ end for
+
+However as of this writing, none of the RISC-V implementations have designed an
+interrupt for perf, so the details are to be completed in the future.
+
+4. Reading/Writing Counters
+---------------------------
+
+They seem symmetric but perf treats them quite differently. For reading, there
+is a *read* interface in *struct pmu*, but it serves more than just reading.
+According to the context, the *read* function not only reads the content of the
+counter (event->count), but also updates the left period to the next interrupt
+(event->hw.period_left).
+
+But the core of perf does not need direct write to counters. Writing counters
+is hidden behind the abstraction of 1) *pmu->start*, literally start counting so one
+has to set the counter to a good value for the next interrupt; 2) inside the IRQ
+it should set the counter to the same resonable value.
+
+Reading is not a problem in RISC-V but writing would need some effort, since
+counters are not allowed to be written by S-mode.
+
+
+5. add()/del()/start()/stop()
+-----------------------------
+
+Basic idea: add()/del() adds/deletes events to/from a PMU, and start()/stop()
+starts/stop the counter of some event in the PMU. All of them take the same
+arguments: *struct perf_event *event* and *int flag*.
+
+Consider perf as a state machine, then you will find that these functions serve
+as the state transition process between those states.
+Three states (event->hw.state) are defined:
+
+* PERF_HES_STOPPED: the counter is stopped
+* PERF_HES_UPTODATE: the event->count is up-to-date
+* PERF_HES_ARCH: arch-dependent usage ... we don't need this for now
+
+A normal flow of these state transitions are as follows:
+
+* A user launches a perf event, resulting in calling to *event_init*.
+* When being context-switched in, *add* is called by the perf core, with a flag
+ PERF_EF_START, which means that the event should be started after it is added.
+ At this stage, a general event is bound to a physical counter, if any.
+ The state changes to PERF_HES_STOPPED and PERF_HES_UPTODATE, because it is now
+ stopped, and the (software) event count does not need updating.
+
+ - *start* is then called, and the counter is enabled.
+ With flag PERF_EF_RELOAD, it writes an appropriate value to the counter (check
+ previous section for detail).
+ Nothing is written if the flag does not contain PERF_EF_RELOAD.
+ The state now is reset to none, because it is neither stopped nor updated
+ (the counting already started)
+
+* When being context-switched out, *del* is called. It then checks out all the
+ events in the PMU and calls *stop* to update their counts.
+
+ - *stop* is called by *del*
+ and the perf core with flag PERF_EF_UPDATE, and it often shares the same
+ subroutine as *read* with the same logic.
+ The state changes to PERF_HES_STOPPED and PERF_HES_UPTODATE, again.
+
+ - Life cycle of these two pairs: *add* and *del* are called repeatedly as
+ tasks switch in-and-out; *start* and *stop* is also called when the perf core
+ needs a quick stop-and-start, for instance, when the interrupt period is being
+ adjusted.
+
+Current implementation is sufficient for now and can be easily extended to
+features in the future.
+
+A. Related Structures
+---------------------
+
+* struct pmu: include/linux/perf_event.h
+* struct riscv_pmu: arch/riscv/include/asm/perf_event.h
+
+ Both structures are designed to be read-only.
+
+ *struct pmu* defines some function pointer interfaces, and most of them take
+ *struct perf_event* as a main argument, dealing with perf events according to
+ perf's internal state machine (check kernel/events/core.c for details).
+
+ *struct riscv_pmu* defines PMU-specific parameters. The naming follows the
+ convention of all other architectures.
+
+* struct perf_event: include/linux/perf_event.h
+* struct hw_perf_event
+
+ The generic structure that represents perf events, and the hardware-related
+ details.
+
+* struct riscv_hw_events: arch/riscv/include/asm/perf_event.h
+
+ The structure that holds the status of events, has two fixed members:
+ the number of events and the array of the events.
+
+References
+----------
+
+[1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-linux/pull/124
+
+[2] https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/forum/#!topic/sw-dev/f19TmCNP6yA