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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __SBI_CSR_DETECT__H
+#define __SBI_CSR_DETECT__H
+
+#include <sbi/riscv_encoding.h>
+#include <sbi/sbi_hart.h>
+
+#define csr_read_allowed(csr_num, trap)					\
+	({								\
+	register ulong tinfo asm("a3") = (ulong)trap;			\
+	register ulong ttmp asm("a4");					\
+	register ulong mtvec = sbi_hart_expected_trap_addr();		\
+	register ulong ret = 0;						\
+	asm volatile(							\
+		"add %[ttmp], %[tinfo], zero\n"				\
+		"csrrw %[mtvec], " STR(CSR_MTVEC) ", %[mtvec]\n"	\
+		"csrr %[ret], %[csr]\n"					\
+		"csrw " STR(CSR_MTVEC) ", %[mtvec]"			\
+	    : [mtvec] "+&r"(mtvec), [tinfo] "+&r"(tinfo),		\
+	      [ttmp] "+&r"(ttmp), [ret] "=&r" (ret)			\
+	    : [csr] "i" (csr_num)					\
+	    : "memory");						\
+	ret;								\
+	})								\
+
+#define csr_write_allowed(csr_num, trap, value)				\
+	({								\
+	register ulong tinfo asm("a3") = (ulong)trap;			\
+	register ulong ttmp asm("a4");					\
+	register ulong mtvec = sbi_hart_expected_trap_addr();		\
+	asm volatile(							\
+		"add %[ttmp], %[tinfo], zero\n"				\
+		"csrrw %[mtvec], " STR(CSR_MTVEC) ", %[mtvec]\n"	\
+		"csrw %[csr], %[val]\n"					\
+		"csrw " STR(CSR_MTVEC) ", %[mtvec]"			\
+	    : [mtvec] "+&r"(mtvec),					\
+	      [tinfo] "+&r"(tinfo), [ttmp] "+&r"(ttmp)			\
+	    : [csr] "i" (csr_num), [val] "r" (value)			\
+	    : "memory");						\
+	})								\
+
+#endif