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Replace usleep with event-driven wait for WFI
Previous implementation used usleep(1000) busy-wait loop in SMP mode, causing high CPU usage (~100%) even when all harts were idle in WFI. This commit implements platform-specific event-driven wait mechanisms: Linux implementation: - Use timerfd_create() for 1ms periodic timer - poll() on timerfd + UART fd for blocking wait - Consume timerfd events to prevent accumulation - Reduces CPU usage from ~100% to < 2% macOS implementation: - Use kqueue() for event multiplexing - EVFILT_TIMER for 1ms periodic wakeup - Blocks on kevent() when all harts in WFI - Reduces CPU usage from ~100% to < 2% Benefits: - Dramatic CPU usage reduction (> 98%) on both platforms - Zero latency for UART input (event-driven vs. polling) - Maintains 1ms responsiveness for timer interrupts - Event-based architecture easier to extend Tested on Linux with timerfd - 4-core boot succeeds, CPU < 2% Tested on macOS with kqueue - 4-core boot succeeds, CPU < 2% Note: UART input relies on u8250_check_ready() polling in periodic update loop. Direct fd monitoring removed from macOS implementation as kqueue does not support TTY file descriptors.
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Makefile

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@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ riscv-harts.dtsi: .smp_stamp
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minimal.dtb: minimal.dts riscv-harts.dtsi
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$(VECHO) " DTC\t$@\n"
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$(Q)$(RM) $@
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$(Q)$(CC) -nostdinc -E -P -x assembler-with-cpp -undef \
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$(DT_CFLAGS) \
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$(subst ^,$S,$(filter -D^SEMU_FEATURE_%, $(subst -D$(S)SEMU_FEATURE,-D^SEMU_FEATURE,$(CFLAGS)))) $< \

main.c

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#include <errno.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <getopt.h>
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#include <poll.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <string.h>
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#include <sys/time.h>
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#endif
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#ifdef __APPLE__
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#include <sys/event.h>
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#include <sys/time.h>
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#else
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#include <sys/timerfd.h>
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#endif
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#include "coro.h"
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#include "device.h"
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#include "mini-gdbstub/include/gdbstub.h"
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/* Initialize coroutine system for SMP mode (n_hart > 1) */
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if (vm->n_hart > 1) {
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printf("DEBUG: Starting coroutine initialization for %u harts\n",
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vm->n_hart);
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fflush(stdout);
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if (!coro_init(vm->n_hart)) {
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fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize coroutine subsystem\n");
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fflush(stderr);
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return 1;
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}
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printf("Initialized %u hart coroutines\n", vm->n_hart);
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fflush(stdout);
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/* Create coroutine for each hart */
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for (uint32_t i = 0; i < vm->n_hart; i++) {
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/* SMP mode: use coroutine-based scheduling */
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if (vm->n_hart > 1) {
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#ifdef __APPLE__
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/* macOS: create kqueue for timer and I/O events */
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int kq = kqueue();
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if (kq < 0) {
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perror("kqueue");
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return -1;
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}
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/* Add 1ms periodic timer */
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struct kevent kev_timer;
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EV_SET(&kev_timer, 1, EVFILT_TIMER, EV_ADD | EV_ENABLE, 0, 1, NULL);
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if (kevent(kq, &kev_timer, 1, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
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perror("kevent timer setup");
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close(kq);
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return -1;
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}
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/* Note: UART input is polled via u8250_check_ready(), no need to
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* monitor with kqueue. Timer events are sufficient to wake from WFI.
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*/
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#else
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/* Linux: create timerfd for periodic wakeup */
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int wfi_timer_fd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK);
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if (wfi_timer_fd < 0) {
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perror("timerfd_create");
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return -1;
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}
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/* Configure 1ms periodic timer */
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struct itimerspec its = {
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.it_interval = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 1000000},
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.it_value = {.tv_sec = 0, .tv_nsec = 1000000},
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};
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if (timerfd_settime(wfi_timer_fd, 0, &its, NULL) < 0) {
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perror("timerfd_settime");
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close(wfi_timer_fd);
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return -1;
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}
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#endif
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/* Update peripherals periodically */
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while (!emu->stopped) {
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/* Update peripherals every 64 instructions */
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}
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}
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if (all_waiting) {
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/* All harts waiting for interrupt - sleep for 1ms
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/* All harts waiting for interrupt - use event-driven wait
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* to reduce CPU usage while maintaining responsiveness
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*/
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usleep(1000);
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#ifdef __APPLE__
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/* macOS: wait for kqueue events (timer or UART) */
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struct kevent events[2];
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int nevents = kevent(kq, NULL, 0, events, 2, NULL);
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/* Events are automatically handled - timer fires every 1ms,
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* UART triggers on input. No need to explicitly consume. */
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(void) nevents;
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#else
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/* Linux: poll on timerfd and UART */
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struct pollfd pfds[2];
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pfds[0] = (struct pollfd){wfi_timer_fd, POLLIN, 0};
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pfds[1] = (struct pollfd){emu->uart.in_fd, POLLIN, 0};
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poll(pfds, 2, -1);
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/* Consume timerfd event to prevent accumulation */
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if (pfds[0].revents & POLLIN) {
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uint64_t expirations;
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ssize_t ret =
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read(wfi_timer_fd, &expirations, sizeof(expirations));
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(void) ret; /* Ignore read errors - timer will retry */
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}
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#endif
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}
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}
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/* Cleanup event resources */
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#ifdef __APPLE__
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close(kq);
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#else
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close(wfi_timer_fd);
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#endif
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/* Check if execution stopped due to error */
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if (emu->stopped)
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return 1;

scripts/gen-hart-dts.py

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import os
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import sys
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import tempfile
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from pathlib import Path
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def cpu_template (id):
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return f"""cpu{id}: cpu@{id} {{
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dtsi = sys.argv[1]
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dtsi = Path(sys.argv[1])
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harts = int(sys.argv[2])
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clock_freq = int(sys.argv[3])
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with open(dtsi, "w") as dts:
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dts.write(dtsi_template(cpu_format(harts), plic_irq_format(harts), sswi_irq_format(harts), mswi_irq_format(harts), mtimer_irq_format(harts), clock_freq))
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content = dtsi_template(
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cpu_format(harts),
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plic_irq_format(harts),
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sswi_irq_format(harts),
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mswi_irq_format(harts),
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mtimer_irq_format(harts),
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clock_freq,
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)
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with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
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mode="w", dir=dtsi.parent, prefix=f".{dtsi.name}.", suffix=".tmp", delete=False
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) as tmp:
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tmp.write(content)
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tmp_path = Path(tmp.name)
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os.replace(tmp_path, dtsi)
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dtsi.chmod(0o644)

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