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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/acpi.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/acpi.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+ACPI on RISC-V
+==============
+
+The ISA string parsing rules for ACPI are defined by `Version ASCIIDOC
+Conversion, 12/2022 of the RISC-V specifications, as defined by tag
+"riscv-isa-release-1239329-2023-05-23" (commit 1239329
+) <https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/releases/tag/riscv-isa-release-1239329-2023-05-23>`_
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/boot-image-header.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/boot-image-header.rst
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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.
+
+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 is also reused to support EFI stub for RISC-V. 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 is replaced
+ with "MZ" magic string and res3(at offset 0x3c) points 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/arch/riscv/boot.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/boot.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===============================================
+RISC-V Kernel Boot Requirements and Constraints
+===============================================
+
+:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
+:Date: 23 May 2023
+
+This document describes what the RISC-V kernel expects from bootloaders and
+firmware, and also the constraints that any developer must have in mind when
+touching the early boot process. For the purposes of this document, the
+``early boot process`` refers to any code that runs before the final virtual
+mapping is set up.
+
+Pre-kernel Requirements and Constraints
+=======================================
+
+The RISC-V kernel expects the following of bootloaders and platform firmware:
+
+Register state
+--------------
+
+The RISC-V kernel expects:
+
+ * ``$a0`` to contain the hartid of the current core.
+ * ``$a1`` to contain the address of the devicetree in memory.
+
+CSR state
+---------
+
+The RISC-V kernel expects:
+
+ * ``$satp = 0``: the MMU, if present, must be disabled.
+
+Reserved memory for resident firmware
+-------------------------------------
+
+The RISC-V kernel must not map any resident memory, or memory protected with
+PMPs, in the direct mapping, so the firmware must correctly mark those regions
+as per the devicetree specification and/or the UEFI specification.
+
+Kernel location
+---------------
+
+The RISC-V kernel expects to be placed at a PMD boundary (2MB aligned for rv64
+and 4MB aligned for rv32). Note that the EFI stub will physically relocate the
+kernel if that's not the case.
+
+Hardware description
+--------------------
+
+The firmware can pass either a devicetree or ACPI tables to the RISC-V kernel.
+
+The devicetree is either passed directly to the kernel from the previous stage
+using the ``$a1`` register, or when booting with UEFI, it can be passed using the
+EFI configuration table.
+
+The ACPI tables are passed to the kernel using the EFI configuration table. In
+this case, a tiny devicetree is still created by the EFI stub. Please refer to
+"EFI stub and devicetree" section below for details about this devicetree.
+
+Kernel entry
+------------
+
+On SMP systems, there are 2 methods to enter the kernel:
+
+- ``RISCV_BOOT_SPINWAIT``: the firmware releases all harts in the kernel, one hart
+ wins a lottery and executes the early boot code while the other harts are
+ parked waiting for the initialization to finish. This method is mostly used to
+ support older firmwares without SBI HSM extension and M-mode RISC-V kernel.
+- ``Ordered booting``: the firmware releases only one hart that will execute the
+ initialization phase and then will start all other harts using the SBI HSM
+ extension. The ordered booting method is the preferred booting method for
+ booting the RISC-V kernel because it can support CPU hotplug and kexec.
+
+UEFI
+----
+
+UEFI memory map
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When booting with UEFI, the RISC-V kernel will use only the EFI memory map to
+populate the system memory.
+
+The UEFI firmware must parse the subnodes of the ``/reserved-memory`` devicetree
+node and abide by the devicetree specification to convert the attributes of
+those subnodes (``no-map`` and ``reusable``) into their correct EFI equivalent
+(refer to section "3.5.4 /reserved-memory and UEFI" of the devicetree
+specification v0.4-rc1).
+
+RISCV_EFI_BOOT_PROTOCOL
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When booting with UEFI, the EFI stub requires the boot hartid in order to pass
+it to the RISC-V kernel in ``$a1``. The EFI stub retrieves the boot hartid using
+one of the following methods:
+
+- ``RISCV_EFI_BOOT_PROTOCOL`` (**preferred**).
+- ``boot-hartid`` devicetree subnode (**deprecated**).
+
+Any new firmware must implement ``RISCV_EFI_BOOT_PROTOCOL`` as the devicetree
+based approach is deprecated now.
+
+Early Boot Requirements and Constraints
+=======================================
+
+The RISC-V kernel's early boot process operates under the following constraints:
+
+EFI stub and devicetree
+-----------------------
+
+When booting with UEFI, the devicetree is supplemented (or created) by the EFI
+stub with the same parameters as arm64 which are described at the paragraph
+"UEFI kernel support on ARM" in Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst.
+
+Virtual mapping installation
+----------------------------
+
+The installation of the virtual mapping is done in 2 steps in the RISC-V kernel:
+
+1. ``setup_vm()`` installs a temporary kernel mapping in ``early_pg_dir`` which
+ allows discovery of the system memory. Only the kernel text/data are mapped
+ at this point. When establishing this mapping, no allocation can be done
+ (since the system memory is not known yet), so ``early_pg_dir`` page table is
+ statically allocated (using only one table for each level).
+
+2. ``setup_vm_final()`` creates the final kernel mapping in ``swapper_pg_dir``
+ and takes advantage of the discovered system memory to create the linear
+ mapping. When establishing this mapping, the kernel can allocate memory but
+ cannot access it directly (since the direct mapping is not present yet), so
+ it uses temporary mappings in the fixmap region to be able to access the
+ newly allocated page table levels.
+
+For ``virt_to_phys()`` and ``phys_to_virt()`` to be able to correctly convert
+direct mapping addresses to physical addresses, they need to know the start of
+the DRAM. This happens after step 1, right before step 2 installs the direct
+mapping (see ``setup_bootmem()`` function in arch/riscv/mm/init.c). Any usage of
+those macros before the final virtual mapping is installed must be carefully
+examined.
+
+Devicetree mapping via fixmap
+-----------------------------
+
+As the ``reserved_mem`` array is initialized with virtual addresses established
+by ``setup_vm()``, and used with the mapping established by
+``setup_vm_final()``, the RISC-V kernel uses the fixmap region to map the
+devicetree. This ensures that the devicetree remains accessible by both virtual
+mappings.
+
+Pre-MMU execution
+-----------------
+
+A few pieces of code need to run before even the first virtual mapping is
+established. These are the installation of the first virtual mapping itself,
+patching of early alternatives and the early parsing of the kernel command line.
+That code must be very carefully compiled as:
+
+- ``-fno-pie``: This is needed for relocatable kernels which use ``-fPIE``,
+ since otherwise, any access to a global symbol would go through the GOT which
+ is only relocated virtually.
+- ``-mcmodel=medany``: Any access to a global symbol must be PC-relative to
+ avoid any relocations to happen before the MMU is setup.
+- *all* instrumentation must also be disabled (that includes KASAN, ftrace and
+ others).
+
+As using a symbol from a different compilation unit requires this unit to be
+compiled with those flags, we advise, as much as possible, not to use external
+symbols.
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============================================================================
+Concurrent Modification and Execution of Instructions (CMODX) for RISC-V Linux
+==============================================================================
+
+CMODX is a programming technique where a program executes instructions that were
+modified by the program itself. Instruction storage and the instruction cache
+(icache) are not guaranteed to be synchronized on RISC-V hardware. Therefore, the
+program must enforce its own synchronization with the unprivileged fence.i
+instruction.
+
+CMODX in the Kernel Space
+-------------------------
+
+Dynamic ftrace
+---------------------
+
+Essentially, dynamic ftrace directs the control flow by inserting a function
+call at each patchable function entry, and patches it dynamically at runtime to
+enable or disable the redirection. In the case of RISC-V, 2 instructions,
+AUIPC + JALR, are required to compose a function call. However, it is impossible
+to patch 2 instructions and expect that a concurrent read-side executes them
+without a race condition. This series makes atomic code patching possible in
+RISC-V ftrace. Kernel preemption makes things even worse as it allows the old
+state to persist across the patching process with stop_machine().
+
+In order to get rid of stop_machine() and run dynamic ftrace with full kernel
+preemption, we partially initialize each patchable function entry at boot-time,
+setting the first instruction to AUIPC, and the second to NOP. Now, atomic
+patching is possible because the kernel only has to update one instruction.
+According to Ziccif, as long as an instruction is naturally aligned, the ISA
+guarantee an atomic update.
+
+By fixing down the first instruction, AUIPC, the range of the ftrace trampoline
+is limited to +-2K from the predetermined target, ftrace_caller, due to the lack
+of immediate encoding space in RISC-V. To address the issue, we introduce
+CALL_OPS, where an 8B naturally align metadata is added in front of each
+patchable function. The metadata is resolved at the first trampoline, then the
+execution can be directed to another custom trampoline.
+
+CMODX in the User Space
+-----------------------
+
+Though fence.i is an unprivileged instruction, the default Linux ABI prohibits
+the use of fence.i in userspace applications. At any point the scheduler may
+migrate a task onto a new hart. If migration occurs after the userspace
+synchronized the icache and instruction storage with fence.i, the icache on the
+new hart will no longer be clean. This is due to the behavior of fence.i only
+affecting the hart that it is called on. Thus, the hart that the task has been
+migrated to may not have synchronized instruction storage and icache.
+
+There are two ways to solve this problem: use the riscv_flush_icache() syscall,
+or use the ``PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX`` prctl() and emit fence.i in
+userspace. The syscall performs a one-off icache flushing operation. The prctl
+changes the Linux ABI to allow userspace to emit icache flushing operations.
+
+As an aside, "deferred" icache flushes can sometimes be triggered in the kernel.
+At the time of writing, this only occurs during the riscv_flush_icache() syscall
+and when the kernel uses copy_to_user_page(). These deferred flushes happen only
+when the memory map being used by a hart changes. If the prctl() context caused
+an icache flush, this deferred icache flush will be skipped as it is redundant.
+Therefore, there will be no additional flush when using the riscv_flush_icache()
+syscall inside of the prctl() context.
+
+prctl() Interface
+---------------------
+
+Call prctl() with ``PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX`` as the first argument. The
+remaining arguments will be delegated to the riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx
+function detailed below.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
+ :identifiers: riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx
+
+Example usage:
+
+The following files are meant to be compiled and linked with each other. The
+modify_instruction() function replaces an add with 0 with an add with one,
+causing the instruction sequence in get_value() to change from returning a zero
+to returning a one.
+
+cmodx.c::
+
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+ extern int get_value();
+ extern void modify_instruction();
+
+ int main()
+ {
+ int value = get_value();
+ printf("Value before cmodx: %d\n", value);
+
+ // Call prctl before first fence.i is called inside modify_instruction
+ prctl(PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX, PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_ON, PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS);
+ modify_instruction();
+ // Call prctl after final fence.i is called in process
+ prctl(PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX, PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_OFF, PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS);
+
+ value = get_value();
+ printf("Value after cmodx: %d\n", value);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+cmodx.S::
+
+ .option norvc
+
+ .text
+ .global modify_instruction
+ modify_instruction:
+ lw a0, new_insn
+ lui a5,%hi(old_insn)
+ sw a0,%lo(old_insn)(a5)
+ fence.i
+ ret
+
+ .section modifiable, "awx"
+ .global get_value
+ get_value:
+ li a0, 0
+ old_insn:
+ addi a0, a0, 0
+ ret
+
+ .data
+ new_insn:
+ addi a0, a0, 1
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/features.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/features.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. kernel-feat:: features riscv
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/hwprobe.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+RISC-V Hardware Probing Interface
+---------------------------------
+
+The RISC-V hardware probing interface is based around a single syscall, which
+is defined in <asm/hwprobe.h>::
+
+ struct riscv_hwprobe {
+ __s64 key;
+ __u64 value;
+ };
+
+ long sys_riscv_hwprobe(struct riscv_hwprobe *pairs, size_t pair_count,
+ size_t cpusetsize, cpu_set_t *cpus,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
+The arguments are split into three groups: an array of key-value pairs, a CPU
+set, and some flags. The key-value pairs are supplied with a count. Userspace
+must prepopulate the key field for each element, and the kernel will fill in the
+value if the key is recognized. If a key is unknown to the kernel, its key field
+will be cleared to -1, and its value set to 0. The CPU set is defined by
+CPU_SET(3) with size ``cpusetsize`` bytes. For value-like keys (eg. vendor,
+arch, impl), the returned value will only be valid if all CPUs in the given set
+have the same value. Otherwise -1 will be returned. For boolean-like keys, the
+value returned will be a logical AND of the values for the specified CPUs.
+Usermode can supply NULL for ``cpus`` and 0 for ``cpusetsize`` as a shortcut for
+all online CPUs. The currently supported flags are:
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_WHICH_CPUS`: This flag basically reverses the behavior
+ of sys_riscv_hwprobe(). Instead of populating the values of keys for a given
+ set of CPUs, the values of each key are given and the set of CPUs is reduced
+ by sys_riscv_hwprobe() to only those which match each of the key-value pairs.
+ How matching is done depends on the key type. For value-like keys, matching
+ means to be the exact same as the value. For boolean-like keys, matching
+ means the result of a logical AND of the pair's value with the CPU's value is
+ exactly the same as the pair's value. Additionally, when ``cpus`` is an empty
+ set, then it is initialized to all online CPUs which fit within it, i.e. the
+ CPU set returned is the reduction of all the online CPUs which can be
+ represented with a CPU set of size ``cpusetsize``.
+
+All other flags are reserved for future compatibility and must be zero.
+
+On success 0 is returned, on failure a negative error code is returned.
+
+The following keys are defined:
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MVENDORID`: Contains the value of ``mvendorid``,
+ as defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MARCHID`: Contains the value of ``marchid``, as
+ defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MIMPID`: Contains the value of ``mimpid``, as
+ defined by the RISC-V privileged architecture specification.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_BASE_BEHAVIOR`: A bitmask containing the base
+ user-visible behavior that this kernel supports. The following base user ABIs
+ are defined:
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: Support for rv32ima or
+ rv64ima, as defined by version 2.2 of the user ISA and version 1.10 of the
+ privileged ISA, with the following known exceptions (more exceptions may be
+ added, but only if it can be demonstrated that the user ABI is not broken):
+
+ * The ``fence.i`` instruction cannot be directly executed by userspace
+ programs (it may still be executed in userspace via a
+ kernel-controlled mechanism such as the vDSO).
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_0`: A bitmask containing extensions
+ that are compatible with the :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`:
+ base system behavior.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_FD`: The F and D extensions are supported, as
+ defined by commit cd20cee ("FMIN/FMAX now implement
+ minimumNumber/maximumNumber, not minNum/maxNum") of the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_C`: The C extension is supported, as defined
+ by version 2.2 of the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_IMA_V`: The V extension is supported, as defined by
+ version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBA`: The Zba address generation extension is
+ supported, as defined in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA
+ extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBB`: The Zbb extension is supported, as defined
+ in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBS`: The Zbs extension is supported, as defined
+ in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOZ`: The Zicboz extension is supported, as
+ ratified in commit 3dd606f ("Create cmobase-v1.0.pdf") of riscv-CMOs.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBC` The Zbc extension is supported, as defined
+ in version 1.0 of the Bit-Manipulation ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBKB` The Zbkb extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBKC` The Zbkc extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZBKX` The Zbkx extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKND` The Zknd extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKNE` The Zkne extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKNH` The Zknh extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKSED` The Zksed extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKSH` The Zksh extension is supported, as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZKT` The Zkt extension is supported, as defined
+ in version 1.0 of the Scalar Crypto ISA extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVBB`: The Zvbb extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVBC`: The Zvbc extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKB`: The Zvkb extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKG`: The Zvkg extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKNED`: The Zvkned extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKNHA`: The Zvknha extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKNHB`: The Zvknhb extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKSED`: The Zvksed extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKSH`: The Zvksh extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVKT`: The Zvkt extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Cryptography Extensions Volume II.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZFH`: The Zfh extension version 1.0 is supported
+ as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZFHMIN`: The Zfhmin extension version 1.0 is
+ supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIHINTNTL`: The Zihintntl extension version 1.0
+ is supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVFH`: The Zvfh extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V Vector manual starting from commit e2ccd0548d6c
+ ("Remove draft warnings from Zvfh[min]").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVFHMIN`: The Zvfhmin extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V Vector manual starting from commit e2ccd0548d6c
+ ("Remove draft warnings from Zvfh[min]").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZFA`: The Zfa extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit 056b6ff467c7
+ ("Zfa is ratified").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZTSO`: The Ztso extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit 5618fb5a216b
+ ("Ztso is now ratified.")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZACAS`: The Zacas extension is supported as
+ defined in the Atomic Compare-and-Swap (CAS) instructions manual starting
+ from commit 5059e0ca641c ("update to ratified").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICNTR`: The Zicntr extension version 2.0
+ is supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICOND`: The Zicond extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V Integer Conditional (Zicond) operations extension
+ manual starting from commit 95cf1f9 ("Add changes requested by Ved
+ during signoff")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE`: The Zihintpause extension is
+ supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit
+ d8ab5c78c207 ("Zihintpause is ratified").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIHPM`: The Zihpm extension version 2.0
+ is supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVE32X`: The Vector sub-extension Zve32x is
+ supported, as defined by version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVE32F`: The Vector sub-extension Zve32f is
+ supported, as defined by version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVE64X`: The Vector sub-extension Zve64x is
+ supported, as defined by version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVE64F`: The Vector sub-extension Zve64f is
+ supported, as defined by version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVE64D`: The Vector sub-extension Zve64d is
+ supported, as defined by version 1.0 of the RISC-V Vector extension manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZIMOP`: The Zimop May-Be-Operations extension is
+ supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit
+ 58220614a5f ("Zimop is ratified/1.0").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCA`: The Zca extension part of Zc* standard
+ extensions for code size reduction, as ratified in commit 8be3419c1c0
+ ("Zcf doesn't exist on RV64 as it contains no instructions") of
+ riscv-code-size-reduction.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCB`: The Zcb extension part of Zc* standard
+ extensions for code size reduction, as ratified in commit 8be3419c1c0
+ ("Zcf doesn't exist on RV64 as it contains no instructions") of
+ riscv-code-size-reduction.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCD`: The Zcd extension part of Zc* standard
+ extensions for code size reduction, as ratified in commit 8be3419c1c0
+ ("Zcf doesn't exist on RV64 as it contains no instructions") of
+ riscv-code-size-reduction.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCF`: The Zcf extension part of Zc* standard
+ extensions for code size reduction, as ratified in commit 8be3419c1c0
+ ("Zcf doesn't exist on RV64 as it contains no instructions") of
+ riscv-code-size-reduction.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCMOP`: The Zcmop May-Be-Operations extension is
+ supported as defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit
+ c732a4f39a4 ("Zcmop is ratified/1.0").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZAWRS`: The Zawrs extension is supported as
+ ratified in commit 98918c844281 ("Merge pull request #1217 from
+ riscv/zawrs") of riscv-isa-manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZAAMO`: The Zaamo extension is supported as
+ defined in the in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit e87412e621f1
+ ("integrate Zaamo and Zalrsc text (#1304)").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZALASR`: The Zalasr extension is supported as
+ frozen at commit 194f0094 ("Version 0.9 for freeze") of riscv-zalasr.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZALRSC`: The Zalrsc extension is supported as
+ defined in the in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit e87412e621f1
+ ("integrate Zaamo and Zalrsc text (#1304)").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_SUPM`: The Supm extension is supported as
+ defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Pointer Masking extensions.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZFBFMIN`: The Zfbfmin extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit 4dc23d6229de
+ ("Added Chapter title to BF16").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVFBFMIN`: The Zvfbfmin extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit 4dc23d6229de
+ ("Added Chapter title to BF16").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZVFBFWMA`: The Zvfbfwma extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit 4dc23d6229de
+ ("Added Chapter title to BF16").
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOM`: The Zicbom extension is supported, as
+ ratified in commit 3dd606f ("Create cmobase-v1.0.pdf") of riscv-CMOs.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZABHA`: The Zabha extension is supported as
+ ratified in commit 49f49c842ff9 ("Update to Rafified state") of
+ riscv-zabha.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOP`: The Zicbop extension is supported, as
+ ratified in commit 3dd606f ("Create cmobase-v1.0.pdf") of riscv-CMOs.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZILSD`: The Zilsd extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit f88abf1 ("Integrating
+ load/store pair for RV32 with the main manual") of the riscv-isa-manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZCLSD`: The Zclsd extension is supported as
+ defined in the RISC-V ISA manual starting from commit f88abf1 ("Integrating
+ load/store pair for RV32 with the main manual") of the riscv-isa-manual.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICFILP`: The Zicfilp extension is supported,
+ as defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Control-flow Integrity (CFI)
+ extensions specification, ratified in commit 302a2d45c243
+ ("Update build-pdf.yml") of riscv-cfi.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_CPUPERF_0`: Deprecated. Returns similar values to
+ :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_PERF`, but the key was
+ mistakenly classified as a bitmask rather than a value.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_PERF`: An enum value describing
+ the performance of misaligned scalar native word accesses on the selected set
+ of processors.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_UNKNOWN`: The performance of
+ misaligned scalar accesses is unknown.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED`: Misaligned scalar
+ accesses are emulated via software, either in or below the kernel. These
+ accesses are always extremely slow.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_SLOW`: Misaligned scalar native
+ word sized accesses are slower than the equivalent quantity of byte
+ accesses. Misaligned accesses may be supported directly in hardware, or
+ trapped and emulated by software.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_FAST`: Misaligned scalar native
+ word sized accesses are faster than the equivalent quantity of byte
+ accesses.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned scalar
+ accesses are not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address
+ fault.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
+ represents the size of the Zicboz block in bytes.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_HIGHEST_VIRT_ADDRESS`: An unsigned long which
+ represent the highest userspace virtual address usable.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_TIME_CSR_FREQ`: Frequency (in Hz) of `time CSR`.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF`: An enum value describing the
+ performance of misaligned vector accesses on the selected set of processors.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_UNKNOWN`: The performance of misaligned
+ vector accesses is unknown.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_SLOW`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector
+ registers are slower than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers.
+ Misaligned accesses may be supported directly in hardware, or trapped and emulated by software.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_FAST`: 32-bit misaligned accesses using vector
+ registers are faster than the equivalent quantity of byte accesses via vector registers.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_UNSUPPORTED`: Misaligned vector accesses are
+ not supported at all and will generate a misaligned address fault.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VENDOR_EXT_MIPS_0`: A bitmask containing the
+ mips vendor extensions that are compatible with the
+ :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: base system behavior.
+
+ * MIPS
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XMIPSEXECTL`: The xmipsexectl vendor
+ extension is supported in the MIPS ISA extensions spec.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VENDOR_EXT_THEAD_0`: A bitmask containing the
+ thead vendor extensions that are compatible with the
+ :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: base system behavior.
+
+ * T-HEAD
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XTHEADVECTOR`: The xtheadvector vendor
+ extension is supported in the T-Head ISA extensions spec starting from
+ commit a18c801634 ("Add T-Head VECTOR vendor extension. ").
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOM_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
+ represents the size of the Zicbom block in bytes.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_VENDOR_EXT_SIFIVE_0`: A bitmask containing the
+ sifive vendor extensions that are compatible with the
+ :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: base system behavior.
+
+ * SIFIVE
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XSFVQMACCDOD`: The Xsfqmaccdod vendor
+ extension is supported in version 1.1 of SiFive Int8 Matrix Multiplication
+ Extensions Specification.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XSFVQMACCQOQ`: The Xsfqmaccqoq vendor
+ extension is supported in version 1.1 of SiFive Int8 Matrix Multiplication
+ Instruction Extensions Specification.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XSFVFNRCLIPXFQF`: The Xsfvfnrclipxfqf
+ vendor extension is supported in version 1.0 of SiFive FP32-to-int8 Ranged
+ Clip Instructions Extensions Specification.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_VENDOR_EXT_XSFVFWMACCQQQ`: The Xsfvfwmaccqqq
+ vendor extension is supported in version 1.0 of Matrix Multiply Accumulate
+ Instruction Extensions Specification.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOP_BLOCK_SIZE`: An unsigned int which
+ represents the size of the Zicbop block in bytes.
+
+* :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_IMA_EXT_1`: A bitmask containing additional
+ extensions that are compatible with the
+ :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_BASE_BEHAVIOR_IMA`: base system behavior.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICFISS`: The Zicfiss extension is supported,
+ as defined in version 1.0 of the RISC-V Control-flow Integrity (CFI)
+ extensions specification, ratified in commit 302a2d45c243
+ ("Update build-pdf.yml") of riscv-cfi.
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICCLSM`: The Zicclsm extension is supported,
+ as defined in the RISC-V Profiles specification starting from commit
+ b1d80660 ("Updated to ratified state.")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICCAMOA`: The Ziccamoa extension is supported,
+ as defined in the RISC-V Profiles specification starting from commit
+ b1d80660 ("Updated to ratified state.")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICCIF`: The Ziccif extension is supported,
+ as defined in the RISC-V Profiles specification starting from commit
+ b1d80660 ("Updated to ratified state.")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICCRSE`: The Ziccrse extension is supported,
+ as defined in the RISC-V Profiles specification starting from commit
+ b1d80660 ("Updated to ratified state.")
+
+ * :c:macro:`RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZA64RS`: The Za64rs extension is supported,
+ as defined in the RISC-V Profiles specification starting from commit
+ b1d80660 ("Updated to ratified state.")
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac535c52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+===================
+RISC-V architecture
+===================
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ acpi
+ boot
+ boot-image-header
+ vm-layout
+ hwprobe
+ patch-acceptance
+ uabi
+ vector
+ cmodx
+ zicfilp
+ zicfiss
+
+ features
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..634aa222b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+.. 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.
+
+Patchwork
+---------
+
+RISC-V has a patchwork instance, where the status of patches can be checked:
+
+ https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-riscv/list/
+
+If your patch does not appear in the default view, the RISC-V maintainers have
+likely either requested changes, or expect it to be applied to another tree.
+
+Automation runs against this patchwork instance, building/testing patches as
+they arrive. The automation applies patches against the current HEAD of the
+RISC-V `for-next` and `fixes` branches, depending on whether the patch has been
+detected as a fix. Failing those, it will use the RISC-V `master` branch.
+The exact commit to which a series has been applied will be noted on patchwork.
+Patches for which any of the checks fail are unlikely to be applied and in most
+cases will need to be resubmitted.
+
+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
+unlikely to be incompatibly changed in the future. For
+specifications from the RISC-V foundation this means "Frozen" or
+"Ratified", for the UEFI forum specifications this means a published
+ECR. (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 implementers 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 consider patches for extensions that either:
+
+- Have been officially frozen or ratified by the RISC-V Foundation, or
+- Have been implemented in hardware that is widely available, per standard
+ Linux practice.
+
+(Implementers, may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees containing
+code for any custom extensions that they wish.)
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/uabi.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/uabi.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c5299e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/uabi.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+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 RISC-V Instruction Set Manual Volume I Unprivileged ISA
+(Document Version 20191213).
+
+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
+
+"isa" and "hart isa" lines in /proc/cpuinfo
+-------------------------------------------
+
+The "isa" line in /proc/cpuinfo describes the lowest common denominator of
+RISC-V ISA extensions recognized by the kernel and implemented on all harts. The
+"hart isa" line, in contrast, describes the set of extensions recognized by the
+kernel on the particular hart being described, even if those extensions may not
+be present on all harts in the system.
+
+In both lines, the presence of an extension guarantees only that the hardware
+has the described capability. Additional kernel support or policy changes may be
+required before an extension's capability is fully usable by userspace programs.
+Similarly, for S-mode extensions, presence in one of these lines does not
+guarantee that the kernel is taking advantage of the extension, or that the
+feature will be visible in guest VMs managed by this kernel.
+
+Inversely, the absence of an extension in these lines does not necessarily mean
+the hardware does not support that feature. The running kernel may not recognize
+the extension, or may have deliberately removed it from the listing.
+
+Misaligned accesses
+-------------------
+
+Misaligned scalar accesses are supported in userspace, but they may perform
+poorly. Misaligned vector accesses are only supported if the Zicclsm extension
+is supported.
+
+Pointer masking
+---------------
+
+Support for pointer masking in userspace (the Supm extension) is provided via
+the ``PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL`` and ``PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL`` ``prctl()``
+operations. Pointer masking is disabled by default. To enable it, userspace
+must call ``PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL`` with the ``PR_PMLEN`` field set to the
+number of mask/tag bits needed by the application. ``PR_PMLEN`` is interpreted
+as a lower bound; if the kernel is unable to satisfy the request, the
+``PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL`` operation will fail. The actual number of tag bits
+is returned in ``PR_PMLEN`` by the ``PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL`` operation.
+
+Additionally, when pointer masking is enabled (``PR_PMLEN`` is greater than 0),
+a tagged address ABI is supported, with the same interface and behavior as
+documented for AArch64 (Documentation/arch/arm64/tagged-address-abi.rst).
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3987f5f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/vector.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=========================================
+Vector Extension Support for RISC-V Linux
+=========================================
+
+This document briefly outlines the interface provided to userspace by Linux in
+order to support the use of the RISC-V Vector Extension.
+
+1. prctl() Interface
+---------------------
+
+Two new prctl() calls are added to allow programs to manage the enablement
+status for the use of Vector in userspace. The intended usage guideline for
+these interfaces is to give init systems a way to modify the availability of V
+for processes running under its domain. Calling these interfaces is not
+recommended in libraries routines because libraries should not override policies
+configured from the parent process. Also, users must note that these interfaces
+are not portable to non-Linux, nor non-RISC-V environments, so it is discourage
+to use in a portable code. To get the availability of V in an ELF program,
+please read :c:macro:`COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_V` bit of :c:macro:`ELF_HWCAP` in the
+auxiliary vector.
+
+* prctl(PR_RISCV_V_SET_CONTROL, unsigned long arg)
+
+ Sets the Vector enablement status of the calling thread, where the control
+ argument consists of two 2-bit enablement statuses and a bit for inheritance
+ mode. Other threads of the calling process are unaffected.
+
+ Enablement status is a tri-state value each occupying 2-bit of space in
+ the control argument:
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_DEFAULT`: Use the system-wide default
+ enablement status on execve(). The system-wide default setting can be
+ controlled via sysctl interface (see sysctl section below).
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_ON`: Allow Vector to be run for the
+ thread.
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_OFF`: Disallow Vector. Executing Vector
+ instructions under such condition will trap and casuse the termination of the thread.
+
+ arg: The control argument is a 5-bit value consisting of 3 parts, and
+ accessed by 3 masks respectively.
+
+ The 3 masks, PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_CUR_MASK,
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK, and PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_INHERIT
+ represents bit[1:0], bit[3:2], and bit[4]. bit[1:0] accounts for the
+ enablement status of current thread, and the setting at bit[3:2] takes place
+ at next execve(). bit[4] defines the inheritance mode of the setting in
+ bit[3:2].
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_CUR_MASK`: bit[1:0]: Account for the
+ Vector enablement status for the calling thread. The calling thread is
+ not able to turn off Vector once it has been enabled. The prctl() call
+ fails with EPERM if the value in this mask is PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_OFF
+ but the current enablement status is not off. Setting
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_DEFAULT here takes no effect but to set back
+ the original enablement status.
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK`: bit[3:2]: Account for the
+ Vector enablement setting for the calling thread at the next execve()
+ system call. If PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_DEFAULT is used in this mask,
+ then the enablement status will be decided by the system-wide
+ enablement status when execve() happen.
+
+ * :c:macro:`PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_INHERIT`: bit[4]: the inheritance
+ mode for the setting at PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK. If the bit
+ is set then the following execve() will not clear the setting in both
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK and PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_INHERIT.
+ This setting persists across changes in the system-wide default value.
+
+ Return value:
+ * 0 on success;
+ * EINVAL: Vector not supported, invalid enablement status for current or
+ next mask;
+ * EPERM: Turning off Vector in PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_CUR_MASK if Vector
+ was enabled for the calling thread.
+
+ On success:
+ * A valid setting for PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_CUR_MASK takes place
+ immediately. The enablement status specified in
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK happens at the next execve() call, or
+ all following execve() calls if PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_INHERIT bit is
+ set.
+ * Every successful call overwrites a previous setting for the calling
+ thread.
+
+* prctl(PR_RISCV_V_GET_CONTROL)
+
+ Gets the same Vector enablement status for the calling thread. Setting for
+ next execve() call and the inheritance bit are all OR-ed together.
+
+ Note that ELF programs are able to get the availability of V for itself by
+ reading :c:macro:`COMPAT_HWCAP_ISA_V` bit of :c:macro:`ELF_HWCAP` in the
+ auxiliary vector.
+
+ Return value:
+ * a nonnegative value on success;
+ * EINVAL: Vector not supported.
+
+2. System runtime configuration (sysctl)
+-----------------------------------------
+
+To mitigate the ABI impact of expansion of the signal stack, a
+policy mechanism is provided to the administrators, distro maintainers, and
+developers to control the default Vector enablement status for userspace
+processes in form of sysctl knob:
+
+* /proc/sys/abi/riscv_v_default_allow
+
+ Writing the text representation of 0 or 1 to this file sets the default
+ system enablement status for new starting userspace programs. Valid values
+ are:
+
+ * 0: Do not allow Vector code to be executed as the default for new processes.
+ * 1: Allow Vector code to be executed as the default for new processes.
+
+ Reading this file returns the current system default enablement status.
+
+ At every execve() call, a new enablement status of the new process is set to
+ the system default, unless:
+
+ * PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_INHERIT is set for the calling process, and the
+ setting in PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK is not
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_DEFAULT. Or,
+
+ * The setting in PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK is not
+ PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_DEFAULT.
+
+ Modifying the system default enablement status does not affect the enablement
+ status of any existing process of thread that do not make an execve() call.
+
+3. Vector Register State Across System Calls
+---------------------------------------------
+
+As indicated by version 1.0 of the V extension [1], vector registers are
+clobbered by system calls.
+
+1: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-v-spec/blob/master/calling-convention.adoc
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/vm-layout.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/vm-layout.rst
new file mode 100644
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=====================================
+Virtual Memory Layout on RISC-V Linux
+=====================================
+
+:Author: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
+:Date: 12 February 2021
+
+This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the RISC-V Linux
+Kernel.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 32bit
+=========================
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV32
+------------------------
+
+TODO
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel 64bit
+=========================
+
+The RISC-V privileged architecture document states that the 64bit addresses
+"must have bits 63–48 all equal to bit 47, or else a page-fault exception will
+occur.": that splits the virtual address space into 2 halves separated by a very
+big hole, the lower half is where the userspace resides, the upper half is where
+the RISC-V Linux Kernel resides.
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV39
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 0000003fffffffff | 256 GB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000004000000000 | +256 GB | ffffffbfffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -256 GB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffc4fea00000 | -236 GB | ffffffc4feffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffffffc4ff000000 | -236 GB | ffffffc4ffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffffffc500000000 | -236 GB | ffffffc5ffffffff | 4 GB | vmemmap
+ ffffffc600000000 | -232 GB | ffffffd5ffffffff | 64 GB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffffd600000000 | -168 GB | fffffff5ffffffff | 128 GB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ | | | |
+ fffffff700000000 | -36 GB | fffffffeffffffff | 32 GB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ |
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV48
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00007fffffffffff | 128 TB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0000800000000000 | +128 TB | ffff7fffffffffff | ~16M TB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -128 TB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffff8d7ffea00000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7ffeffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ffff8d7fff000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8d7fffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ffff8d8000000000 | -114.5 TB | ffff8f7fffffffff | 2 TB | vmemmap
+ ffff8f8000000000 | -112.5 TB | ffffaf7fffffffff | 32 TB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ffffaf8000000000 | -80.5 TB | ffffef7fffffffff | 64 TB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ ffffef8000000000 | -16.5 TB | fffffffeffffffff | 16.5 TB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on:
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+
+
+RISC-V Linux Kernel SV57
+------------------------
+
+::
+
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ Start addr | Offset | End addr | Size | VM area description
+ ========================================================================================================================
+ | | | |
+ 0000000000000000 | 0 | 00ffffffffffffff | 64 PB | user-space virtual memory, different per mm
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ 0100000000000000 | +64 PB | feffffffffffffff | ~16K PB | ... huge, almost 64 bits wide hole of non-canonical
+ | | | | virtual memory addresses up to the -64 PB
+ | | | | starting offset of kernel mappings.
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|___________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Kernel-space virtual memory, shared between all processes:
+ ____________________________________________________________|___________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ff1bfffffea00000 | -57 PB | ff1bfffffeffffff | 6 MB | fixmap
+ ff1bffffff000000 | -57 PB | ff1bffffffffffff | 16 MB | PCI io
+ ff1c000000000000 | -57 PB | ff1fffffffffffff | 1 PB | vmemmap
+ ff20000000000000 | -56 PB | ff5fffffffffffff | 16 PB | vmalloc/ioremap space
+ ff60000000000000 | -40 PB | ffdeffffffffffff | 32 PB | direct mapping of all physical memory
+ ffdf000000000000 | -8 PB | fffffffeffffffff | 8 PB | kasan
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
+ |
+ | Identical layout to the 39-bit one from here on:
+ ____________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________
+ | | | |
+ ffffffff00000000 | -4 GB | ffffffff7fffffff | 2 GB | modules, BPF
+ ffffffff80000000 | -2 GB | ffffffffffffffff | 2 GB | kernel
+ __________________|____________|__________________|_________|____________________________________________________________
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfilp.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfilp.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+:Author: Deepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com>
+:Date: 12 January 2024
+
+====================================================
+Tracking indirect control transfers on RISC-V Linux
+====================================================
+
+This document briefly describes the interface provided to userspace by Linux
+to enable indirect branch tracking for user mode applications on RISC-V.
+
+1. Feature Overview
+--------------------
+
+Memory corruption issues usually result in crashes. However, in the
+hands of a creative adversary, these can result in a variety of
+security issues.
+
+Some of those security issues can be code re-use attacks, where an
+adversary can use corrupt function pointers, chaining them together to
+perform jump oriented programming (JOP) or call oriented programming
+(COP) and thus compromise control flow integrity (CFI) of the program.
+
+Function pointers live in read-write memory and thus are susceptible
+to corruption. This can allow an adversary to control the program
+counter (PC) value. On RISC-V, the zicfilp extension enforces a
+restriction on such indirect control transfers:
+
+- Indirect control transfers must land on a landing pad instruction ``lpad``.
+ There are two exceptions to this rule:
+
+ - rs1 = x1 or rs1 = x5, i.e. a return from a function and returns are
+ protected using shadow stack (see zicfiss.rst)
+
+ - rs1 = x7. On RISC-V, the compiler usually does the following to reach a
+ function which is beyond the offset of possible J-type instruction::
+
+ auipc x7, <imm>
+ jalr (x7)
+
+ This form of indirect control transfer is immutable and doesn't
+ rely on memory. Thus rs1=x7 is exempted from tracking and
+ these are considered software guarded jumps.
+
+The ``lpad`` instruction is a pseudo-op of ``auipc rd, <imm_20bit>``
+with ``rd=x0``. This is a HINT op. The ``lpad`` instruction must be
+aligned on a 4 byte boundary. It compares the 20 bit immediate with
+x7. If ``imm_20bit`` == 0, the CPU doesn't perform any comparison with
+``x7``. If ``imm_20bit`` != 0, then ``imm_20bit`` must match ``x7``
+else CPU will raise ``software check exception`` (``cause=18``) with
+``*tval = 2``.
+
+The compiler can generate a hash over function signatures and set them
+up (truncated to 20 bits) in x7 at callsites. Function prologues can
+have ``lpad`` instructions encoded with the same function hash. This
+further reduces the number of valid program counter addresses a call
+site can reach.
+
+2. ELF and psABI
+-----------------
+
+The toolchain sets up :c:macro:`GNU_PROPERTY_RISCV_FEATURE_1_FCFI` for
+property :c:macro:`GNU_PROPERTY_RISCV_FEATURE_1_AND` in the notes
+section of the object file.
+
+3. Linux enabling
+------------------
+
+User space programs can have multiple shared objects loaded in their
+address spaces. It's a difficult task to make sure all the
+dependencies have been compiled with indirect branch support. Thus
+it's left to the dynamic loader to enable indirect branch tracking for
+the program.
+
+4. prctl() enabling
+--------------------
+
+Per-task indirect branch tracking state can be monitored and
+controlled via the :c:macro:`PR_GET_CFI` and :c:macro:`PR_SET_CFI`
+``prctl()`` arguments (respectively), by supplying
+:c:macro:`PR_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PADS` as the second argument. These
+are architecture-agnostic, and will return -EINVAL if the underlying
+functionality is not supported.
+
+* prctl(:c:macro:`PR_SET_CFI`, :c:macro:`PR_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PADS`, unsigned long arg)
+
+arg is a bitmask.
+
+If :c:macro:`PR_CFI_ENABLE` is set in arg, and the CPU supports
+``zicfilp``, then the kernel will enable indirect branch tracking for
+the task. The dynamic loader can issue this ``prctl()`` once it has
+determined that all the objects loaded in the address space support
+indirect branch tracking.
+
+Indirect branch tracking state can also be locked once enabled. This
+prevents the task from subsequently disabling it. This is done by
+setting the bit :c:macro:`PR_CFI_LOCK` in arg. Either indirect branch
+tracking must already be enabled for the task, or the bit
+:c:macro:`PR_CFI_ENABLE` must also be set in arg. This is intended
+for environments that wish to run with a strict security posture that
+do not wish to load objects without ``zicfilp`` support.
+
+Indirect branch tracking can also be disabled for the task, assuming
+that it has not previously been enabled and locked. If there is a
+``dlopen()`` to an object which wasn't compiled with ``zicfilp``, the
+dynamic loader can issue this ``prctl()`` with arg set to
+:c:macro:`PR_CFI_DISABLE`. Disabling indirect branch tracking for the
+task is not possible if it has previously been enabled and locked.
+
+
+* prctl(:c:macro:`PR_GET_CFI`, :c:macro:`PR_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PADS`, unsigned long * arg)
+
+Returns the current status of indirect branch tracking into a bitmask
+stored into the memory location pointed to by arg. The bitmask will
+have the :c:macro:`PR_CFI_ENABLE` bit set if indirect branch tracking
+is currently enabled for the task, and if it is locked, will
+additionally have the :c:macro:`PR_CFI_LOCK` bit set. If indirect
+branch tracking is currently disabled for the task, the
+:c:macro:`PR_CFI_DISABLE` bit will be set.
+
+
+5. violations related to indirect branch tracking
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Pertaining to indirect branch tracking, the CPU raises a software
+check exception in the following conditions:
+
+- missing ``lpad`` after indirect call / jmp
+- ``lpad`` not on 4 byte boundary
+- ``imm_20bit`` embedded in ``lpad`` instruction doesn't match with ``x7``
+
+In all 3 cases, ``*tval = 2`` is captured and software check exception is
+raised (``cause=18``).
+
+The kernel will treat this as :c:macro:`SIGSEGV` with code =
+:c:macro:`SEGV_CPERR` and follow the normal course of signal delivery.
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfiss.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfiss.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d5f7addc
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+:Author: Deepak Gupta <debug@rivosinc.com>
+:Date: 12 January 2024
+
+=========================================================
+Shadow stack to protect function returns on RISC-V Linux
+=========================================================
+
+This document briefly describes the interface provided to userspace by Linux
+to enable shadow stacks for user mode applications on RISC-V.
+
+1. Feature Overview
+--------------------
+
+Memory corruption issues usually result in crashes. However, in the
+hands of a creative adversary, these issues can result in a variety of
+security problems.
+
+Some of those security issues can be code re-use attacks on programs
+where an adversary can use corrupt return addresses present on the
+stack. chaining them together to perform return oriented programming
+(ROP) and thus compromising the control flow integrity (CFI) of the
+program.
+
+Return addresses live on the stack in read-write memory. Therefore
+they are susceptible to corruption, which allows an adversary to
+control the program counter. On RISC-V, the ``zicfiss`` extension
+provides an alternate stack (the "shadow stack") on which return
+addresses can be safely placed in the prologue of the function and
+retrieved in the epilogue. The ``zicfiss`` extension makes the
+following changes:
+
+- PTE encodings for shadow stack virtual memory
+ An earlier reserved encoding in first stage translation i.e.
+ PTE.R=0, PTE.W=1, PTE.X=0 becomes the PTE encoding for shadow stack pages.
+
+- The ``sspush x1/x5`` instruction pushes (stores) ``x1/x5`` to shadow stack.
+
+- The ``sspopchk x1/x5`` instruction pops (loads) from shadow stack and compares
+ with ``x1/x5`` and if not equal, the CPU raises a ``software check exception``
+ with ``*tval = 3``
+
+The compiler toolchain ensures that function prologues have ``sspush
+x1/x5`` to save the return address on shadow stack in addition to the
+regular stack. Similarly, function epilogues have ``ld x5,
+offset(x2)`` followed by ``sspopchk x5`` to ensure that a popped value
+from the regular stack matches with the popped value from the shadow
+stack.
+
+2. Shadow stack protections and linux memory manager
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+As mentioned earlier, shadow stacks get new page table encodings that
+have some special properties assigned to them, along with instructions
+that operate on the shadow stacks:
+
+- Regular stores to shadow stack memory raise store access faults. This
+ protects shadow stack memory from stray writes.
+
+- Regular loads from shadow stack memory are allowed. This allows
+ stack trace utilities or backtrace functions to read the true call
+ stack and ensure that it has not been tampered with.
+
+- Only shadow stack instructions can generate shadow stack loads or
+ shadow stack stores.
+
+- Shadow stack loads and stores on read-only memory raise AMO/store
+ page faults. Thus both ``sspush x1/x5`` and ``sspopchk x1/x5`` will
+ raise AMO/store page fault. This simplies COW handling in kernel
+ during fork(). The kernel can convert shadow stack pages into
+ read-only memory (as it does for regular read-write memory). As
+ soon as subsequent ``sspush`` or ``sspopchk`` instructions in
+ userspace are encountered, the kernel can perform COW.
+
+- Shadow stack loads and stores on read-write or read-write-execute
+ memory raise an access fault. This is a fatal condition because
+ shadow stack loads and stores should never be operating on
+ read-write or read-write-execute memory.
+
+3. ELF and psABI
+-----------------
+
+The toolchain sets up :c:macro:`GNU_PROPERTY_RISCV_FEATURE_1_BCFI` for
+property :c:macro:`GNU_PROPERTY_RISCV_FEATURE_1_AND` in the notes
+section of the object file.
+
+4. Linux enabling
+------------------
+
+User space programs can have multiple shared objects loaded in their
+address space. It's a difficult task to make sure all the
+dependencies have been compiled with shadow stack support. Thus
+it's left to the dynamic loader to enable shadow stacks for the
+program.
+
+5. prctl() enabling
+--------------------
+
+:c:macro:`PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS` / :c:macro:`PR_GET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS` /
+:c:macro:`PR_LOCK_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS` are three prctls added to manage shadow
+stack enabling for tasks. These prctls are architecture-agnostic and return
+-EINVAL if not implemented.
+
+* prctl(PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS, unsigned long arg)
+
+If arg = :c:macro:`PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE` and if CPU supports
+``zicfiss`` then the kernel will enable shadow stacks for the task.
+The dynamic loader can issue this :c:macro:`prctl` once it has
+determined that all the objects loaded in address space have support
+for shadow stacks. Additionally, if there is a :c:macro:`dlopen` to
+an object which wasn't compiled with ``zicfiss``, the dynamic loader
+can issue this prctl with arg set to 0 (i.e.
+:c:macro:`PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE` being clear)
+
+* prctl(PR_GET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS, unsigned long * arg)
+
+Returns the current status of indirect branch tracking. If enabled
+it'll return :c:macro:`PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE`.
+
+* prctl(PR_LOCK_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS, unsigned long arg)
+
+Locks the current status of shadow stack enabling on the
+task. Userspace may want to run with a strict security posture and
+wouldn't want loading of objects without ``zicfiss`` support. In this
+case userspace can use this prctl to disallow disabling of shadow
+stacks on the current task.
+
+5. violations related to returns with shadow stack enabled
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Pertaining to shadow stacks, the CPU raises a ``software check
+exception`` upon executing ``sspopchk x1/x5`` if ``x1/x5`` doesn't
+match the top of shadow stack. If a mismatch happens, then the CPU
+sets ``*tval = 3`` and raises the exception.
+
+The Linux kernel will treat this as a :c:macro:`SIGSEGV` with code =
+:c:macro:`SEGV_CPERR` and follow the normal course of signal delivery.
+
+6. Shadow stack tokens
+-----------------------
+
+Regular stores on shadow stacks are not allowed and thus can't be
+tampered with via arbitrary stray writes. However, one method of
+pivoting / switching to a shadow stack is simply writing to the CSR
+``CSR_SSP``. This will change the active shadow stack for the
+program. Writes to ``CSR_SSP`` in the program should be mostly
+limited to context switches, stack unwinds, or longjmp or similar
+mechanisms (like context switching of Green Threads) in languages like
+Go and Rust. CSR_SSP writes can be problematic because an attacker can
+use memory corruption bugs and leverage context switching routines to
+pivot to any shadow stack. Shadow stack tokens can help mitigate this
+problem by making sure that:
+
+- When software is switching away from a shadow stack, the shadow
+ stack pointer should be saved on the shadow stack itself (this is
+ called the ``shadow stack token``).
+
+- When software is switching to a shadow stack, it should read the
+ ``shadow stack token`` from the shadow stack pointer and verify that
+ the ``shadow stack token`` itself is a pointer to the shadow stack
+ itself.
+
+- Once the token verification is done, software can perform the write
+ to ``CSR_SSP`` to switch shadow stacks.
+
+Here "software" could refer to the user mode task runtime itself,
+managing various contexts as part of a single thread. Or "software"
+could refer to the kernel, when the kernel has to deliver a signal to
+a user task and must save the shadow stack pointer. The kernel can
+perform similar procedure itself by saving a token on the user mode
+task's shadow stack. This way, whenever :c:macro:`sigreturn` happens,
+the kernel can read and verify the token and then switch to the shadow
+stack. Using this mechanism, the kernel helps the user task so that
+any corruption issue in the user task is not exploited by adversaries
+arbitrarily using :c:macro:`sigreturn`. Adversaries will have to make
+sure that there is a valid ``shadow stack token`` in addition to
+invoking :c:macro:`sigreturn`.
+
+7. Signal shadow stack
+-----------------------
+The following structure has been added to sigcontext for RISC-V::
+
+ struct __sc_riscv_cfi_state {
+ unsigned long ss_ptr;
+ };
+
+As part of signal delivery, the shadow stack token is saved on the
+current shadow stack itself. The updated pointer is saved away in the
+:c:macro:`ss_ptr` field in :c:macro:`__sc_riscv_cfi_state` under
+:c:macro:`sigcontext`. The existing shadow stack allocation is used
+for signal delivery. During :c:macro:`sigreturn`, kernel will obtain
+:c:macro:`ss_ptr` from :c:macro:`sigcontext`, verify the saved
+token on the shadow stack, and switch the shadow stack.