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2026-05-23	openrisc: Fix jump_label smp syncing	Stafford Horne
	The original commit 8c30b0018f9d ("openrisc: Add jump label support") copies from arm64 and does not properly consider how icache invalidation on remote cores works in OpenRISC. On OpenRISC remote icaches need to be invalidated otherwise static key's may remain state after updating. Fix SMP cache syncing by: 1. Properly invalidate remote core icaches on SMP systems by using icache_all_inv. The old code uses kick_all_cpus_sync() which runs a no-op IPI function call on remote CPU's which does execute a lot of code and flushes many cache lines in the process, but does not flush all and it's not correct on OpenRISC. 2. For architectures that do not have WRITETHROUGH caches be sure to flush the dcache after patching. To test this I first reproduced the issue using a custom test module [0]. The test confirmed that some icache lines maintained stale static_key code sequences after calling static_branch_enable(). After this patch there are no longer jump_label coherency issues. [0] https://github.com/stffrdhrn/or1k-utils/tree/master/tests/smp_static_key_test Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # depends on openrisc: Add icache_all_inv Fixes: 8c30b0018f9d ("openrisc: Add jump label support") Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>
2025-09-11	openrisc: Add jump label support	chenmiao
	Supported a complete jump_label implementation based on the ARM64 and RV64 version and add the CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y to the defconfig. Testing was conducted using a dedicated test module jump-label-test, provided in the link below. For detailed steps, please refer to the README also at the provided link. Link: https://github.com/ChenMiaoi/GSoC-2025-Final-Report/tree/main/tests/jump-label-test Test Environment: - Hardware: QEMU emulated OR1K - Kernel Version: 6.17.0-rc3-dirty - Configs: CONFIG_MODULES=y,CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y - Toolchain: or1k-none-linux-musl-gcc 15.1.0 Test Results: $ insmod jump_label_test.ko [ 32.590000] Jump label performance test module loaded [ 35.250000] Normal branch time: 1241327150 ns (124 ns per iteration) [ 35.250000] Jump label (false) time: 706422700 ns (70 ns per iteration) [ 35.250000] Jump label (true) time: 708913450 ns (70 ns per iteration) $ rmmod jump_label_test.ko [ 72.210000] Jump label test module unloaded The results show approximately 43% improvement in branch performance when using jump labels compared to traditional branches. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/openrisc/aLsZ9S3X0OpKy1RM@antec/T/#u Signed-off-by: chenmiao <chenmiao.ku@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@gmail.com>