[v4,6/7] RISC-V: Report vector unaligned access speed hwprobe

Commit Message

Jesse Taube July 11, 2024, 9:58 p.m. UTC

Detect if vector misaligned accesses are faster or slower than
equivalent vector byte accesses. This is useful for usermode to know
whether vector byte accesses or vector misaligned accesses have a better
bandwidth for operations like memcpy.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <[e-mail]>
---
V1 -> V2:
 - Add Kconfig options
 - Add WORD_EEW to vec-copy-unaligned.S
V2 -> V3:
 - Remove unnecessary comment
 - Remove local_irq_enable
V3 -> V4:
 - Add preempt_disable/enable
 - Alphabetize includes in vec-copy-unaligned.S and unaligned_access_speed.c
 - Add duplicate comments above mb() to please checkpatch
 - change all_cpus_vec_supported to all_cpus_vec_unsupported
    so speed is tested if any cpus support unaligned vector accesses
 - Spell out _VECTOR_ in macros
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig                         |  18 +++
 arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile                 |   3 +-
 arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h         |   5 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c            |   6 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S     |  58 +++++++++
 6 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S

Comments

Charlie Jenkins July 11, 2024, 10:48 p.m. UTC | #1

On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 05:58:45PM -0400, Jesse Taube wrote:
> Detect if vector misaligned accesses are faster or slower than
> equivalent vector byte accesses. This is useful for usermode to know
> whether vector byte accesses or vector misaligned accesses have a better
> bandwidth for operations like memcpy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <[e-mail]>
> ---
> V1 -> V2:
>  - Add Kconfig options
>  - Add WORD_EEW to vec-copy-unaligned.S
> V2 -> V3:
>  - Remove unnecessary comment
>  - Remove local_irq_enable
> V3 -> V4:
>  - Add preempt_disable/enable
>  - Alphabetize includes in vec-copy-unaligned.S and unaligned_access_speed.c
>  - Add duplicate comments above mb() to please checkpatch
>  - change all_cpus_vec_supported to all_cpus_vec_unsupported
>     so speed is tested if any cpus support unaligned vector accesses
>  - Spell out _VECTOR_ in macros
> ---
>  arch/riscv/Kconfig                         |  18 +++
>  arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile                 |   3 +-
>  arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h         |   5 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c            |   6 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c | 134 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S     |  58 +++++++++
>  6 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> index ffbe0fdd7fb3..e98139340c1c 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> @@ -807,6 +807,24 @@ config RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
>  	  will dynamically determine the speed of vector unaligned accesses on
>  	  the underlying system if they are supported.
>  
> +config RISCV_SLOW_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> +	bool "Assume the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses"
> +	depends on NONPORTABLE
> +	help
> +	  Assume that the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses. The
> +	  kernel and userspace programs may not be able to run at all on systems
> +	  that do not support unaligned memory accesses.
> +
> +config RISCV_EFFICIENT_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> +	bool "Assume the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses"
> +	depends on NONPORTABLE
> +	help
> +	  Assume that the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses. When
> +	  enabled, this option improves the performance of the kernel on such
> +	  systems. However, the kernel and userspace programs will run much more
> +	  slowly, or will not be able to run at all, on systems that do not
> +	  support efficient unaligned memory accesses.
> +
>  endchoice
>  
>  endmenu # "Platform type"
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> index 5b243d46f4b1..291935a084d5 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MMU) += vdso.o vdso/
>  
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= traps_misaligned.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= unaligned_access_speed.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= copy-unaligned.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)		+= copy-unaligned.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= vec-copy-unaligned.o
>  
>  obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= fpu.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= kernel_mode_fpu.o
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
> index e3d70d35b708..85d4d11450cb 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
> @@ -10,4 +10,9 @@
>  void __riscv_copy_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
>  void __riscv_copy_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> +void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
> +void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* __RISCV_KERNEL_COPY_UNALIGNED_H */
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> index 2e3e324bad38..99d3e63d0444 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> @@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
>  #else
>  static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
>  {
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_EFFICIENT_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
> +		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST;
> +
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SLOW_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
> +		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
> +
>  	return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN;
>  }
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> index 24b8883a23f0..74f3bfa5e0bb 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> @@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
>  #include <linux/cpu.h>
>  #include <linux/cpumask.h>
>  #include <linux/jump_label.h>
> +#include <linux/kthread.h>
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
>  #include <linux/types.h>
>  #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
>  #include <asm/hwprobe.h>
> +#include <asm/vector.h>
>  
>  #include "copy-unaligned.h"
>  
> @@ -267,12 +269,140 @@ static int check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void)
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> +static void check_vector_unaligned_access(struct work_struct *unused)
> +{
> +	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> +	u64 start_cycles, end_cycles;
> +	u64 word_cycles;
> +	u64 byte_cycles;
> +	int ratio;
> +	unsigned long start_jiffies, now;
> +	struct page *page;
> +	void *dst;
> +	void *src;
> +	long speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
> +
> +	if (per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) != RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW)
> +		return;
> +
> +	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, MISALIGNED_BUFFER_ORDER);
> +	if (!page) {
> +		pr_warn("Allocation failure, not measuring vector misaligned performance\n");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Make an unaligned destination buffer. */
> +	dst = (void *)((unsigned long)page_address(page) | 0x1);
> +	/* Unalign src as well, but differently (off by 1 + 2 = 3). */
> +	src = dst + (MISALIGNED_BUFFER_SIZE / 2);
> +	src += 2;
> +	word_cycles = -1ULL;
> +
> +	/* Do a warmup. */
> +	kernel_vector_begin();
> +	__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
> +
> +	start_jiffies = jiffies;
> +	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
> +		cpu_relax();
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * For a fixed amount of time, repeatedly try the function, and take
> +	 * the best time in cycles as the measurement.
> +	 */
> +	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
> +		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
> +		/* Ensure the CSR read can't reorder WRT to the copy. */
> +		mb();
> +		__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
> +		/* Ensure the copy ends before the end time is snapped. */
> +		mb();
> +		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
> +		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < word_cycles)
> +			word_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
> +	}
> +
> +	byte_cycles = -1ULL;
> +	__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
> +	start_jiffies = jiffies;
> +	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
> +		cpu_relax();
> +
> +	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
> +		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
> +		/* Ensure the CSR read can't reorder WRT to the copy. */
> +		mb();
> +		__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
> +		/* Ensure the copy ends before the end time is snapped. */
> +		mb();
> +		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
> +		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < byte_cycles)
> +			byte_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
> +	}
> +
> +	kernel_vector_end();
> +
> +	/* Don't divide by zero. */
> +	if (!word_cycles || !byte_cycles) {
> +		pr_warn("cpu%d: rdtime lacks granularity needed to measure unaligned vector access speed\n",
> +			cpu);
> +
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (word_cycles < byte_cycles)
> +		speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST;
> +
> +	ratio = div_u64((byte_cycles * 100), word_cycles);
> +	pr_info("cpu%d: Ratio of vector byte access time to vector unaligned word access is %d.%02d, unaligned accesses are %s\n",
> +		cpu,
> +		ratio / 100,
> +		ratio % 100,
> +		(speed ==  RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST) ? "fast" : "slow");
> +
> +	per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) = speed;
> +}
> +
> +static int riscv_online_cpu_vec(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	check_vector_unaligned_access(NULL);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Measure unaligned access speed on all CPUs present at boot in parallel. */
> +static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
> +{
> +	schedule_on_each_cpu(check_vector_unaligned_access);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Setup hotplug callbacks for any new CPUs that come online or go
> +	 * offline.
> +	 */
> +	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "riscv:online",
> +				  riscv_online_cpu_vec, NULL);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +#else /* CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS */
> +static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  static int check_unaligned_access_all_cpus(void)
>  {
> -	bool all_cpus_emulated;
> +	bool all_cpus_emulated, all_cpus_vec_unsupported;
>  
>  	all_cpus_emulated = check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
> -	check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
> +	all_cpus_vec_unsupported = check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
> +
> +	if (!all_cpus_vec_unsupported &&
> +	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)) {
> +		kthread_run(vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus,
> +			    NULL, "vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus");
> +	}
>  
>  	if (!all_cpus_emulated)
>  		return check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus();
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d16f19f1b3b6
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/* Copyright (C) 2024 Rivos Inc. */
> +
> +#include <linux/args.h>
> +#include <linux/linkage.h>
> +#include <asm/asm.h>
> +
> +	.text
> +
> +#define WORD_EEW 32
> +
> +#define WORD_SEW CONCATENATE(e, WORD_EEW)
> +#define VEC_L CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
> +#define VEC_S CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
> +
> +/* void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
> +/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using word loads and stores. */
> +/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of WORD_EEW */
> +SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
> +	andi  a4, a2, ~(WORD_EEW-1)
> +	beqz  a4, 2f
> +	add   a3, a1, a4
> +	.option push
> +	.option arch, +zve32x
> +1:
> +	vsetivli t0, 8, WORD_SEW, m8, ta, ma
> +	VEC_L v0, (a1)
> +	VEC_S v0, (a0)
> +	addi  a0, a0, WORD_EEW
> +	addi  a1, a1, WORD_EEW
> +	bltu  a1, a3, 1b
> +
> +2:
> +	.option pop
> +	ret
> +SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
> +
> +/* void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
> +/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using only byte accesses. */
> +/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of 8 */
> +SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)
> +	andi a4, a2, ~(8-1)
> +	beqz a4, 2f
> +	add  a3, a1, a4
> +	.option push
> +	.option arch, +zve32x
> +1:
> +	vsetivli t0, 8, e8, m8, ta, ma
> +	vle8.v v0, (a1)
> +	vse8.v v0, (a0)
> +	addi a0, a0, 8
> +	addi a1, a1, 8
> +	bltu a1, a3, 1b
> +
> +2:
> +	.option pop
> +	ret
> +SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)
> -- 
> 2.45.2
> 

Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <[e-mail]>

Patch

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index ffbe0fdd7fb3..e98139340c1c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -807,6 +807,24 @@  config RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	  will dynamically determine the speed of vector unaligned accesses on
 	  the underlying system if they are supported.
 
+config RISCV_SLOW_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	bool "Assume the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses"
+	depends on NONPORTABLE
+	help
+	  Assume that the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses. The
+	  kernel and userspace programs may not be able to run at all on systems
+	  that do not support unaligned memory accesses.
+
+config RISCV_EFFICIENT_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	bool "Assume the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses"
+	depends on NONPORTABLE
+	help
+	  Assume that the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses. When
+	  enabled, this option improves the performance of the kernel on such
+	  systems. However, the kernel and userspace programs will run much more
+	  slowly, or will not be able to run at all, on systems that do not
+	  support efficient unaligned memory accesses.
+
 endchoice
 
 endmenu # "Platform type"
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
index 5b243d46f4b1..291935a084d5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_MMU) += vdso.o vdso/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= traps_misaligned.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= unaligned_access_speed.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= copy-unaligned.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)		+= copy-unaligned.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= vec-copy-unaligned.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= kernel_mode_fpu.o
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
index e3d70d35b708..85d4d11450cb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ 
 void __riscv_copy_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 void __riscv_copy_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __RISCV_KERNEL_COPY_UNALIGNED_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
index 2e3e324bad38..99d3e63d0444 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@  static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 #else
 static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_EFFICIENT_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
+		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SLOW_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
+		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
+
 	return RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
index 24b8883a23f0..74f3bfa5e0bb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ 
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/hwprobe.h>
+#include <asm/vector.h>
 
 #include "copy-unaligned.h"
 
@@ -267,12 +269,140 @@  static int check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+static void check_vector_unaligned_access(struct work_struct *unused)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	u64 start_cycles, end_cycles;
+	u64 word_cycles;
+	u64 byte_cycles;
+	int ratio;
+	unsigned long start_jiffies, now;
+	struct page *page;
+	void *dst;
+	void *src;
+	long speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
+
+	if (per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) != RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_SLOW)
+		return;
+
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, MISALIGNED_BUFFER_ORDER);
+	if (!page) {
+		pr_warn("Allocation failure, not measuring vector misaligned performance\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Make an unaligned destination buffer. */
+	dst = (void *)((unsigned long)page_address(page) | 0x1);
+	/* Unalign src as well, but differently (off by 1 + 2 = 3). */
+	src = dst + (MISALIGNED_BUFFER_SIZE / 2);
+	src += 2;
+	word_cycles = -1ULL;
+
+	/* Do a warmup. */
+	kernel_vector_begin();
+	__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+
+	start_jiffies = jiffies;
+	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	/*
+	 * For a fixed amount of time, repeatedly try the function, and take
+	 * the best time in cycles as the measurement.
+	 */
+	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
+		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		/* Ensure the CSR read can't reorder WRT to the copy. */
+		mb();
+		__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+		/* Ensure the copy ends before the end time is snapped. */
+		mb();
+		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < word_cycles)
+			word_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
+	}
+
+	byte_cycles = -1ULL;
+	__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+	start_jiffies = jiffies;
+	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
+		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		/* Ensure the CSR read can't reorder WRT to the copy. */
+		mb();
+		__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+		/* Ensure the copy ends before the end time is snapped. */
+		mb();
+		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < byte_cycles)
+			byte_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
+	}
+
+	kernel_vector_end();
+
+	/* Don't divide by zero. */
+	if (!word_cycles || !byte_cycles) {
+		pr_warn("cpu%d: rdtime lacks granularity needed to measure unaligned vector access speed\n",
+			cpu);
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (word_cycles < byte_cycles)
+		speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST;
+
+	ratio = div_u64((byte_cycles * 100), word_cycles);
+	pr_info("cpu%d: Ratio of vector byte access time to vector unaligned word access is %d.%02d, unaligned accesses are %s\n",
+		cpu,
+		ratio / 100,
+		ratio % 100,
+		(speed ==  RISCV_HWPROBE_VECTOR_MISALIGNED_FAST) ? "fast" : "slow");
+
+	per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) = speed;
+}
+
+static int riscv_online_cpu_vec(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	check_vector_unaligned_access(NULL);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Measure unaligned access speed on all CPUs present at boot in parallel. */
+static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
+{
+	schedule_on_each_cpu(check_vector_unaligned_access);
+
+	/*
+	 * Setup hotplug callbacks for any new CPUs that come online or go
+	 * offline.
+	 */
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "riscv:online",
+				  riscv_online_cpu_vec, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS */
+static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int check_unaligned_access_all_cpus(void)
 {
-	bool all_cpus_emulated;
+	bool all_cpus_emulated, all_cpus_vec_unsupported;
 
 	all_cpus_emulated = check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
-	check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
+	all_cpus_vec_unsupported = check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
+
+	if (!all_cpus_vec_unsupported &&
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)) {
+		kthread_run(vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus,
+			    NULL, "vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus");
+	}
 
 	if (!all_cpus_emulated)
 		return check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus();
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d16f19f1b3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (C) 2024 Rivos Inc. */
+
+#include <linux/args.h>
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/asm.h>
+
+	.text
+
+#define WORD_EEW 32
+
+#define WORD_SEW CONCATENATE(e, WORD_EEW)
+#define VEC_L CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
+#define VEC_S CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
+
+/* void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
+/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using word loads and stores. */
+/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of WORD_EEW */
+SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
+	andi  a4, a2, ~(WORD_EEW-1)
+	beqz  a4, 2f
+	add   a3, a1, a4
+	.option push
+	.option arch, +zve32x
+1:
+	vsetivli t0, 8, WORD_SEW, m8, ta, ma
+	VEC_L v0, (a1)
+	VEC_S v0, (a0)
+	addi  a0, a0, WORD_EEW
+	addi  a1, a1, WORD_EEW
+	bltu  a1, a3, 1b
+
+2:
+	.option pop
+	ret
+SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
+
+/* void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
+/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using only byte accesses. */
+/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of 8 */
+SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)
+	andi a4, a2, ~(8-1)
+	beqz a4, 2f
+	add  a3, a1, a4
+	.option push
+	.option arch, +zve32x
+1:
+	vsetivli t0, 8, e8, m8, ta, ma
+	vle8.v v0, (a1)
+	vse8.v v0, (a0)
+	addi a0, a0, 8
+	addi a1, a1, 8
+	bltu a1, a3, 1b
+
+2:
+	.option pop
+	ret
+SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)