The RISC-V specs are permissive in what they allow as the ISA string, but how we output this to userspace in /proc/cpuinfo is quasi uABI. Formalise this as part of the uABI, by documenting the list of rules we use at this point in time. Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst b/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst index 21a82cfb6c4d..2ebec4c52230 100644 --- a/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst +++ b/Documentation/riscv/uabi.rst @@ -3,4 +3,46 @@ RISC-V Linux User ABI ===================== +ISA string ordering in /proc/cpuinfo +------------------------------------ + +The canonical order of ISA extension names in the ISA string is defined in +chapter 27 of the unprivileged specification. +The specification uses vague wording, such as should, when it comes to ordering, +so for our purposes the following rules apply: + +#. Single-letter extensions come first, in canonical order. + The canonical order is "IMAFDQLCBKJTPVH". + +#. All multi-letter extensions will be separated from other extensions by an + underscore. + +#. Additional standard extensions (starting with 'Z') will be sorted after + single-letter extensions and before any higher-privileged extensions. + +#. For additional standard extensions, the first letter following the 'Z' + conventionally indicates the most closely related alphabetical + extension category. If multiple 'Z' extensions are named, they will be ordered + first by category, in canonical order, as listed above, then alphabetically + within a category. + +#. Standard supervisor-level extensions (starting with 'S') will be listed + after standard unprivileged extensions. If multiple supervisor-level + extensions are listed, they will be ordered alphabetically. + +#. Standard machine-level extensions (starting with 'Zxm') will be listed + after any lower-privileged, standard extensions. If multiple machine-level + extensions are listed, they will be ordered alphabetically. + +#. Non-standard extensions (starting with 'X') will be listed after all standard + extensions. If multiple non-standard extensions are listed, they will be + ordered alphabetically. + +An example string following the order is:: + + rv64imadc_zifoo_zigoo_zafoo_sbar_scar_zxmbaz_xqux_xrux + +Misaligned accesses +------------------- + Misaligned accesses are supported in userspace, but they may perform poorly. -- 2.38.1
