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[v2,2/5] riscv: Introduce alternative mechanism to apply errata solution

Message ID 1615973613-22364-3-git-send-email-vincent.chen@sifive.com (mailing list archive)
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Series riscv: introduce alternative mechanism to apply errata patches | expand

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Vincent Chen March 17, 2021, 9:33 a.m. UTC
Introduce the "alternative" mechanism from ARM64 and x86 to apply the CPU
vendors' errata solution at runtime. The main purpose of this patch is
to provide a framework. Therefore, the implementation is quite basic for
now so that some scenarios could not use this schemei, such as patching
code to a module, relocating the patching code and heterogeneous CPU
topology.

Users could use the macro ALTERNATIVE to apply an errata to the existing
code flow. In the macro ALTERNATIVE, users need to specify the manufacturer
information(vendorid, archid, and impid) for this errata. Therefore, kernel
will know this errata is suitable for which CPU core. During the booting
procedure, kernel will select the errata required by the CPU core and then
patch it. It means that the kernel only applies the errata to the specified
CPU core. In this case, the vendor's errata does not affect each other at
runtime. The above patching procedure only occurs during the booting phase,
so we only take the overhead of the "alternative" mechanism once.

This "alternative" mechanism is enabled by default to ensure that all
required errata will be applied. However, users can disable this feature by
the Kconfig "CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE".

Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@sifive.com>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig                          |   1 +
 arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas                  |  12 +++
 arch/riscv/Makefile                         |   1 +
 arch/riscv/errata/Makefile                  |   1 +
 arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c             |  69 ++++++++++++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h        |  36 +++++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h                |   1 +
 arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h                |   3 +
 arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h        |  12 +++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h           |   1 +
 arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h      |  10 ++
 arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c                 |   4 +
 arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S             |   7 ++
 14 files changed, 300 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h

Comments

Anup Patel March 17, 2021, 11:39 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@sifive.com> wrote:
>
> Introduce the "alternative" mechanism from ARM64 and x86 to apply the CPU
> vendors' errata solution at runtime. The main purpose of this patch is
> to provide a framework. Therefore, the implementation is quite basic for
> now so that some scenarios could not use this schemei, such as patching
> code to a module, relocating the patching code and heterogeneous CPU
> topology.
>
> Users could use the macro ALTERNATIVE to apply an errata to the existing
> code flow. In the macro ALTERNATIVE, users need to specify the manufacturer
> information(vendorid, archid, and impid) for this errata. Therefore, kernel
> will know this errata is suitable for which CPU core. During the booting
> procedure, kernel will select the errata required by the CPU core and then
> patch it. It means that the kernel only applies the errata to the specified
> CPU core. In this case, the vendor's errata does not affect each other at
> runtime. The above patching procedure only occurs during the booting phase,
> so we only take the overhead of the "alternative" mechanism once.
>
> This "alternative" mechanism is enabled by default to ensure that all
> required errata will be applied. However, users can disable this feature by
> the Kconfig "CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE".
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@sifive.com>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>

Regards,
Anup

> ---
>  arch/riscv/Kconfig                          |   1 +
>  arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas                  |  12 +++
>  arch/riscv/Makefile                         |   1 +
>  arch/riscv/errata/Makefile                  |   1 +
>  arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c             |  69 ++++++++++++++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h        |  36 +++++++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h                |   1 +
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h                |   3 +
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h        |  12 +++
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h           |   1 +
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h      |  10 ++
>  arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c                 |   4 +
>  arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S             |   7 ++
>  14 files changed, 300 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> index a998babc1237..2e26251fe1f2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
>         def_bool y
>
>  source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs"
> +source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas"
>
>  menu "Platform type"
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..4d0bafc536df
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +menu "CPU errata selection"
> +
> +config RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
> +       bool "RISC-V alternative scheme"
> +       default y
> +       help
> +         This Kconfig allows the kernel to automatically patch the
> +         errata required by the execution platform at run time. The
> +         code patching is performed once in the boot stages. It means
> +         that the overhead from this mechanism is just taken once.
> +
> +endmenu
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> index 1368d943f1f3..1f5c03082976 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ KBUILD_IMAGE  := $(boot)/Image.gz
>  head-y := arch/riscv/kernel/head.o
>
>  core-y += arch/riscv/
> +core-$(CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE) += arch/riscv/errata/
>
>  libs-y += arch/riscv/lib/
>  libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..43e6d5424367
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +obj-y  += alternative.o
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c b/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..8efa60ad69b7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * alternative runtime patching
> + * inspired by the ARM64 and x86 version
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <asm/alternative.h>
> +#include <asm/sections.h>
> +#include <asm/vendorid_list.h>
> +#include <asm/sbi.h>
> +#include <asm/csr.h>
> +
> +static struct cpu_manufacturer_info_t {
> +       unsigned long vendor_id;
> +       unsigned long arch_id;
> +       unsigned long imp_id;
> +} cpu_mfr_info;
> +
> +static void (*vendor_patch_func)(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
> +                                unsigned long archid, unsigned long impid);
> +
> +static inline void __init riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info(void)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
> +       cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id = csr_read(CSR_MVENDORID);
> +       cpu_mfr_info.arch_id = csr_read(CSR_MARCHID);
> +       cpu_mfr_info.imp_id = csr_read(CSR_MIMPID);
> +#else
> +       cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id = sbi_get_mvendorid();
> +       cpu_mfr_info.arch_id = sbi_get_marchid();
> +       cpu_mfr_info.imp_id = sbi_get_mimpid();
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> +static void __init init_alternative(void)
> +{
> +       riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info();
> +
> +       switch (cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id) {
> +       default:
> +               vendor_patch_func = NULL;
> +       }
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * This is called very early in the boot process (directly after we run
> + * a feature detect on the boot CPU). No need to worry about other CPUs
> + * here.
> + */
> +void __init apply_boot_alternatives(void)
> +{
> +       /* If called on non-boot cpu things could go wrong */
> +       WARN_ON(smp_processor_id() != 0);
> +
> +       init_alternative();
> +
> +       if (!vendor_patch_func)
> +               return;
> +
> +       vendor_patch_func((struct alt_entry *)__alt_start,
> +                         (struct alt_entry *)__alt_end,
> +                         cpu_mfr_info.arch_id, cpu_mfr_info.imp_id);
> +}
> +
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..88c08705f64a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_MACROS_H
> +#define __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_MACROS_H
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
> +
> +#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
> +
> +.macro ALT_ENTRY oldptr newptr vendor_id errata_id new_len
> +       RISCV_PTR \oldptr
> +       RISCV_PTR \newptr
> +       REG_ASM \vendor_id
> +       REG_ASM \new_len
> +       .word   \errata_id
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro ALT_NEW_CONTENT vendor_id, errata_id, enable = 1, new_c : vararg
> +       .if \enable
> +       .pushsection .alternative, "a"
> +       ALT_ENTRY 886b, 888f, \vendor_id, \errata_id, 889f - 888f
> +       .popsection
> +       .subsection 1
> +888 :
> +       \new_c
> +889 :
> +       .previous
> +       .org    . - (889b - 888b) + (887b - 886b)
> +       .org    . - (887b - 886b) + (889b - 888b)
> +       .endif
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, enable
> +886 :
> +       \old_c
> +887 :
> +       ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id, \errata_id, \enable, \new_c
> +.endm
> +
> +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> +       __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k)
> +
> +#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
> +
> +#include <asm/asm.h>
> +#include <linux/stringify.h>
> +
> +#define ALT_ENTRY(oldptr, newptr, vendor_id, errata_id, newlen) \
> +       RISCV_PTR " " oldptr "\n" \
> +       RISCV_PTR " " newptr "\n" \
> +       REG_ASM " " vendor_id "\n" \
> +       REG_ASM " " newlen "\n" \
> +       ".word " errata_id "\n"
> +
> +#define ALT_NEW_CONSTENT(vendor_id, errata_id, enable, new_c) \
> +       ".if " __stringify(enable) " == 1\n"                            \
> +       ".pushsection .alternative, \"a\"\n"                            \
> +       ALT_ENTRY("886b", "888f", __stringify(vendor_id), __stringify(errata_id), "889f - 888f") \
> +       ".popsection\n"                                                 \
> +       ".subsection 1\n"                                               \
> +       "888 :\n"                                                       \
> +       new_c "\n"                                                      \
> +       "889 :\n"                                                       \
> +       ".previous\n"                                                   \
> +       ".org   . - (887b - 886b) + (889b - 888b)\n"                    \
> +       ".org   . - (889b - 888b) + (887b - 886b)\n"                    \
> +       ".endif\n"
> +
> +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, enable) \
> +       "886 :\n"       \
> +       old_c "\n"      \
> +       "887 :\n"       \
> +       ALT_NEW_CONSTENT(vendor_id, errata_id, enable, new_c)
> +
> +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> +       __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k))
> +
> +#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> +
> +#else /* !CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE*/
> +#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
> +
> +.macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c
> +       \old_c
> +.endm
> +
> +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> +       __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c
> +
> +#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
> +
> +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)  \
> +       old_c "\n"
> +
> +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> +       __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)
> +
> +#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> +#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE */
> +/*
> + * Usage:
> + *   ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)
> + * in the assembly code. Otherwise,
> + *   asm(ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k));
> + *
> + * old_content: The old content which is probably replaced with new content.
> + * new_content: The new content.
> + * vendor_id: The CPU vendor ID.
> + * errata_id: The errata ID.
> + * CONFIG_k: The Kconfig of this errata. When Kconfig is disabled, the old
> + *          content will alwyas be executed.
> + */
> +#define ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> +       _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)
> +
> +/*
> + * A vendor wants to replace an old_content, but another vendor has used
> + * ALTERNATIVE() to patch its customized content at the same location. In
> + * this case, this vendor can create a new macro ALTERNATIVE_2() based
> + * on the following sample code and then replace ALTERNATIVE() with
> + * ALTERNATIVE_2() to append its customized content.
> + *
> + * .macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> + *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2
> + * 886 :
> + *      \old_c
> + * 887 :
> + *      ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1, \new_c_1
> + *      ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2, \new_c_2
> + * .endm
> + *
> + * #define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> + *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2) \
> + *        __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
> + *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2) \
> + *
> + * #define ALTERNATIVE_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> + *                                    new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2) \
> + *         _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> + *                                         new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2)
> + *
> + */
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..430bc4fea133
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_H
> +#define __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_H
> +
> +#define ERRATA_STRING_LENGTH_MAX 32
> +
> +#include <asm/alternative-macros.h>
> +
> +#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> +
> +#include <linux/init.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <linux/stddef.h>
> +#include <asm/hwcap.h>
> +
> +void __init apply_boot_alternatives(void);
> +
> +struct alt_entry {
> +       void *old_ptr;           /* address of original instruciton or data  */
> +       void *alt_ptr;           /* address of replacement instruction or data */
> +       unsigned long vendor_id; /* cpu vendor id */
> +       unsigned long alt_len;   /* The replacement size */
> +       unsigned int errata_id;  /* The errata id */
> +} __packed;
> +
> +struct errata_checkfunc_id {
> +       unsigned long vendor_id;
> +       bool (*func)(struct alt_entry *alt);
> +};
> +
> +#endif
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
> index 9c992a88d858..618d7c5af1a2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>  #define REG_L          __REG_SEL(ld, lw)
>  #define REG_S          __REG_SEL(sd, sw)
>  #define REG_SC         __REG_SEL(sc.d, sc.w)
> +#define REG_ASM                __REG_SEL(.dword, .word)
>  #define SZREG          __REG_SEL(8, 4)
>  #define LGREG          __REG_SEL(3, 2)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
> index caadfc1d7487..87ac65696871 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
> @@ -115,6 +115,9 @@
>  #define CSR_MIP                        0x344
>  #define CSR_PMPCFG0            0x3a0
>  #define CSR_PMPADDR0           0x3b0
> +#define CSR_MVENDORID          0xf11
> +#define CSR_MARCHID            0xf12
> +#define CSR_MIMPID             0xf13
>  #define CSR_MHARTID            0xf14
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1b56131431c9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
> + */
> +#ifndef ASM_ERRATA_LIST_H
> +#define ASM_ERRATA_LIST_H
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ERRATA_SIFIVE
> +#define        ERRATA_SIFIVE_NUMBER 0
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
> index 1595c5b60cfd..8a303fb1ee3b 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
> @@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ extern char _start[];
>  extern char _start_kernel[];
>  extern char __init_data_begin[], __init_data_end[];
>  extern char __init_text_begin[], __init_text_end[];
> +extern char __alt_start[], __alt_end[];
>
>  #endif /* __ASM_SECTIONS_H */
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..9d934215b3c8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2021 SiFive
> + */
> +#ifndef ASM_VENDOR_LIST_H
> +#define ASM_VENDOR_LIST_H
> +
> +#define SIFIVE_VENDOR_ID       0x489
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 5e276c25646f..9a408e2942ac 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
>  #include <asm/sbi.h>
>  #include <asm/smp.h>
> +#include <asm/alternative.h>
>
>  #include "head.h"
>
> @@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_running);
>  void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
>  {
>         init_cpu_topology();
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
> +       apply_boot_alternatives();
> +#endif
>  }
>
>  void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index de03cb22d0e9..7e61bc1dc36e 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ SECTIONS
>         }
>
>         __init_data_end = .;
> +
> +       . = ALIGN(8);
> +       .alternative : {
> +               __alt_start = .;
> +               *(.alternative)
> +               __alt_end = .;
> +       }
>         __init_end = .;
>
>         /* Start of data section */
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index a998babc1237..2e26251fe1f2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@  config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
 	def_bool y
 
 source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs"
+source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas"
 
 menu "Platform type"
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d0bafc536df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ 
+menu "CPU errata selection"
+
+config RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
+	bool "RISC-V alternative scheme"
+	default y
+	help
+	  This Kconfig allows the kernel to automatically patch the
+	  errata required by the execution platform at run time. The
+	  code patching is performed once in the boot stages. It means
+	  that the overhead from this mechanism is just taken once.
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 1368d943f1f3..1f5c03082976 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@  KBUILD_IMAGE	:= $(boot)/Image.gz
 head-y := arch/riscv/kernel/head.o
 
 core-y += arch/riscv/
+core-$(CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE) += arch/riscv/errata/
 
 libs-y += arch/riscv/lib/
 libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43e6d5424367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ 
+obj-y	+= alternative.o
diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c b/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8efa60ad69b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/errata/alternative.c
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * alternative runtime patching
+ * inspired by the ARM64 and x86 version
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/vendorid_list.h>
+#include <asm/sbi.h>
+#include <asm/csr.h>
+
+static struct cpu_manufacturer_info_t {
+	unsigned long vendor_id;
+	unsigned long arch_id;
+	unsigned long imp_id;
+} cpu_mfr_info;
+
+static void (*vendor_patch_func)(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
+				 unsigned long archid, unsigned long impid);
+
+static inline void __init riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
+	cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id = csr_read(CSR_MVENDORID);
+	cpu_mfr_info.arch_id = csr_read(CSR_MARCHID);
+	cpu_mfr_info.imp_id = csr_read(CSR_MIMPID);
+#else
+	cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id = sbi_get_mvendorid();
+	cpu_mfr_info.arch_id = sbi_get_marchid();
+	cpu_mfr_info.imp_id = sbi_get_mimpid();
+#endif
+}
+
+static void __init init_alternative(void)
+{
+	riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info();
+
+	switch (cpu_mfr_info.vendor_id) {
+	default:
+		vendor_patch_func = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is called very early in the boot process (directly after we run
+ * a feature detect on the boot CPU). No need to worry about other CPUs
+ * here.
+ */
+void __init apply_boot_alternatives(void)
+{
+	/* If called on non-boot cpu things could go wrong */
+	WARN_ON(smp_processor_id() != 0);
+
+	init_alternative();
+
+	if (!vendor_patch_func)
+		return;
+
+	vendor_patch_func((struct alt_entry *)__alt_start,
+			  (struct alt_entry *)__alt_end,
+			  cpu_mfr_info.arch_id, cpu_mfr_info.imp_id);
+}
+
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88c08705f64a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_MACROS_H
+#define __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_MACROS_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
+
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+.macro ALT_ENTRY oldptr newptr vendor_id errata_id new_len
+	RISCV_PTR \oldptr
+	RISCV_PTR \newptr
+	REG_ASM \vendor_id
+	REG_ASM \new_len
+	.word	\errata_id
+.endm
+
+.macro ALT_NEW_CONTENT vendor_id, errata_id, enable = 1, new_c : vararg
+	.if \enable
+	.pushsection .alternative, "a"
+	ALT_ENTRY 886b, 888f, \vendor_id, \errata_id, 889f - 888f
+	.popsection
+	.subsection 1
+888 :
+	\new_c
+889 :
+	.previous
+	.org    . - (889b - 888b) + (887b - 886b)
+	.org    . - (887b - 886b) + (889b - 888b)
+	.endif
+.endm
+
+.macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, enable
+886 :
+	\old_c
+887 :
+	ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id, \errata_id, \enable, \new_c
+.endm
+
+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
+	__ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k)
+
+#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+
+#define ALT_ENTRY(oldptr, newptr, vendor_id, errata_id, newlen) \
+	RISCV_PTR " " oldptr "\n" \
+	RISCV_PTR " " newptr "\n" \
+	REG_ASM " " vendor_id "\n" \
+	REG_ASM " " newlen "\n" \
+	".word " errata_id "\n"
+
+#define ALT_NEW_CONSTENT(vendor_id, errata_id, enable, new_c) \
+	".if " __stringify(enable) " == 1\n"				\
+	".pushsection .alternative, \"a\"\n"				\
+	ALT_ENTRY("886b", "888f", __stringify(vendor_id), __stringify(errata_id), "889f - 888f") \
+	".popsection\n"							\
+	".subsection 1\n"						\
+	"888 :\n"							\
+	new_c "\n"							\
+	"889 :\n"							\
+	".previous\n"							\
+	".org	. - (887b - 886b) + (889b - 888b)\n"			\
+	".org	. - (889b - 888b) + (887b - 886b)\n"			\
+	".endif\n"
+
+#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, enable) \
+	"886 :\n"	\
+	old_c "\n"	\
+	"887 :\n"	\
+	ALT_NEW_CONSTENT(vendor_id, errata_id, enable, new_c)
+
+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)	\
+	__ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k))
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE*/
+#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+.macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c
+	\old_c
+.endm
+
+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
+	__ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c
+
+#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)  \
+	old_c "\n"
+
+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
+	__ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE */
+/*
+ * Usage:
+ *   ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)
+ * in the assembly code. Otherwise,
+ *   asm(ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k));
+ *
+ * old_content: The old content which is probably replaced with new content.
+ * new_content: The new content.
+ * vendor_id: The CPU vendor ID.
+ * errata_id: The errata ID.
+ * CONFIG_k: The Kconfig of this errata. When Kconfig is disabled, the old
+ *	     content will alwyas be executed.
+ */
+#define ALTERNATIVE(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
+	_ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)
+
+/*
+ * A vendor wants to replace an old_content, but another vendor has used
+ * ALTERNATIVE() to patch its customized content at the same location. In
+ * this case, this vendor can create a new macro ALTERNATIVE_2() based
+ * on the following sample code and then replace ALTERNATIVE() with
+ * ALTERNATIVE_2() to append its customized content.
+ *
+ * .macro __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
+ *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2
+ * 886 :
+ *      \old_c
+ * 887 :
+ *      ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1, \new_c_1
+ *      ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2, \new_c_2
+ * .endm
+ *
+ * #define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
+ *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2) \
+ *        __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
+ *                                   new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2) \
+ *
+ * #define ALTERNATIVE_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
+ *                                    new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2) \
+ *         _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
+ *                                         new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2)
+ *
+ */
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..430bc4fea133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_H
+#define __ASM_ALTERNATIVE_H
+
+#define ERRATA_STRING_LENGTH_MAX 32
+
+#include <asm/alternative-macros.h>
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <asm/hwcap.h>
+
+void __init apply_boot_alternatives(void);
+
+struct alt_entry {
+	void *old_ptr;		 /* address of original instruciton or data  */
+	void *alt_ptr;		 /* address of replacement instruction or data */
+	unsigned long vendor_id; /* cpu vendor id */
+	unsigned long alt_len;   /* The replacement size */
+	unsigned int errata_id;  /* The errata id */
+} __packed;
+
+struct errata_checkfunc_id {
+	unsigned long vendor_id;
+	bool (*func)(struct alt_entry *alt);
+};
+
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
index 9c992a88d858..618d7c5af1a2 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ 
 #define REG_L		__REG_SEL(ld, lw)
 #define REG_S		__REG_SEL(sd, sw)
 #define REG_SC		__REG_SEL(sc.d, sc.w)
+#define REG_ASM		__REG_SEL(.dword, .word)
 #define SZREG		__REG_SEL(8, 4)
 #define LGREG		__REG_SEL(3, 2)
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
index caadfc1d7487..87ac65696871 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ 
 #define CSR_MIP			0x344
 #define CSR_PMPCFG0		0x3a0
 #define CSR_PMPADDR0		0x3b0
+#define CSR_MVENDORID		0xf11
+#define CSR_MARCHID		0xf12
+#define CSR_MIMPID		0xf13
 #define CSR_MHARTID		0xf14
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b56131431c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Sifive.
+ */
+#ifndef ASM_ERRATA_LIST_H
+#define ASM_ERRATA_LIST_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ERRATA_SIFIVE
+#define	ERRATA_SIFIVE_NUMBER 0
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
index 1595c5b60cfd..8a303fb1ee3b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@  extern char _start[];
 extern char _start_kernel[];
 extern char __init_data_begin[], __init_data_end[];
 extern char __init_text_begin[], __init_text_end[];
+extern char __alt_start[], __alt_end[];
 
 #endif /* __ASM_SECTIONS_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d934215b3c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vendorid_list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 SiFive
+ */
+#ifndef ASM_VENDOR_LIST_H
+#define ASM_VENDOR_LIST_H
+
+#define SIFIVE_VENDOR_ID	0x489
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index 5e276c25646f..9a408e2942ac 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/sbi.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
 
 #include "head.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@  static DECLARE_COMPLETION(cpu_running);
 void __init smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 {
 	init_cpu_topology();
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_ERRATA_ALTERNATIVE
+	apply_boot_alternatives();
+#endif
 }
 
 void __init smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index de03cb22d0e9..7e61bc1dc36e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@  SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	__init_data_end = .;
+
+	. = ALIGN(8);
+	.alternative : {
+		__alt_start = .;
+		*(.alternative)
+		__alt_end = .;
+	}
 	__init_end = .;
 
 	/* Start of data section */