arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
The kernel never supports F without D, since D depends on F. As such,
has_fpu() checking either extension with '||' is incorrect: it
reports FPU support when only F is present, which is not sufficient
for D-dependent state save/restore, and weakens
RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD semantics to "F or D" instead of "F and D".
Fix has_fpu() to check D only, which is equivalent to requiring both
extensions given the dependency. sys_hwprobe.c already calls
has_fpu() and needs no changes.
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221874
Suggested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
Suggested-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ivy Lopez <skunkolee@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Drop the sys_hwprobe.c hunk entirely: it already calls has_fpu(),
no change needed there since v1 was never merged.
- This is a new thread per maintainer request, not a reply to v1/v2.
arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 0e71eb82f920..8186cda88e17 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ static inline void __switch_to_fpu(struct task_struct *prev,
static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void)
{
- return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_f) ||
- riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_d);
+ /* D extension depends on F, so checking D alone is sufficient. */
+ return riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_d);
}
#else
static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void) { return false; }
--
2.55.0
On Aug 25 2026, Ivy Lopez wrote:
> The kernel never supports F without D, since D depends on F. As such,
D without F
--
Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2026 at 07:53:05AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > On Aug 25 2026, Ivy Lopez wrote: > > > The kernel never supports F without D, since D depends on F. As such, > D without F |The kernel never supports F without D, since D depends on F. As such, |has_fpu() checking either extension with '||' is incorrect: it |reports FPU support when only F is present, which is not sufficient |for D-dependent state save/restore, and weakens |RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD semantics to "F or D" instead of "F and D". Thinking about it, this whole thing really is not right. > The kernel never supports F without D This is actually correct, the kernel itself doesn't support doing this. > since D depends on F But this is not the rationale, the rationale is simplicity of implementation etc. > As such, > has_fpu() checking either extension with '||' is incorrect: it > reports FPU support when only F is present, which is not sufficient And this cannot happen, because the kernel will not enable F support if D is not present, it clears the relevant flag during devicetree/acpi parsing. > for D-dependent state save/restore, and weakens > RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD semantics to "F or D" instead of "F and D". The reason I would cite for changing the is matching the expectations set elsewhere in the kernel, rather than impact on userspace or behaviour, since F without D is not possible so there's no potential impact here at all. Cheers, Conor.
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