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Having a list of alternatives to check with a per-entry function pointer to a check function is nice style-wise. But in case of early-alternatives it can clash with the non-relocated kernel and the function pointer in the list pointing to a completely wrong location. This isn't an issue with one or two list entries, as in that case the compiler seems to unroll the loop and even usage of the list structure and then only does relative jumps into the check functions based on this. When adding a third entry to either list though, the issue that was hiding there from the beginning is triggered resulting a jump to a memory address that isn't part of the kernel at all. The list of features/erratas only contained an unused name and the pointer to the check function, so an easy solution for the problem is to just unroll the loop in code, dismantle the whole list structure and just call the relevant check functions one by one ourself. For the T-Head errata this includes moving the stage-check inside the check functions. The issue is only relevant for things that might be called for early- alternatives (T-Head and possible future main extensions), so the SiFive erratas were not affected from the beginning, as they got an early return for early-alternatives in the original patchset. Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> Tested-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220526205646.258337-6-heiko@sntech.de 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 Restructured Text 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.