diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
index 8a56473cdd5ae..c2ed979c94289 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/riscv/cpus.yaml
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ properties:
       Due to revisions of the ISA specification, some deviations
       have arisen over time.
       Notably, riscv,isa was defined prior to the creation of the
-      Zicsr and Zifencei extensions and thus "i" implies
-      "zicsr_zifencei".
+      Zicntr, Zicsr, Zifencei and Zihpm extensions and thus "i"
+      implies "zicntr_zicsr_zifencei_zihpm".
 
       While the isa strings in ISA specification are case
       insensitive, letters in the riscv,isa string must be all
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
index bdd614dee8a0e..f041bfa7f6a0d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSAIA		36
 #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBA		37
 #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBS		38
+#define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICNTR		39
+#define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICSR		40
+#define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIFENCEI		41
+#define RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHPM		42
 
 #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX		64
 #define RISCV_ISA_EXT_NAME_LEN_MAX	32
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
index e82af1097e262..c950a8d9edef8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ static inline void wait_for_interrupt(void)
 
 struct device_node;
 int riscv_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hartid);
+int riscv_early_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hartid);
 int riscv_of_parent_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hartid);
 
 extern void riscv_fill_hwcap(void);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index e58e93dec889c..a2fc952318e9f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@
  * isn't an enabled and valid RISC-V hart node.
  */
 int riscv_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hart)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	*hart = (unsigned long)of_get_cpu_hwid(node, 0);
+	if (*hart == ~0UL) {
+		pr_warn("Found CPU without hart ID\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	cpu = riscv_hartid_to_cpuid(*hart);
+	if (cpu < 0)
+		return cpu;
+
+	if (!cpu_possible(cpu))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int riscv_early_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hart)
 {
 	const char *isa;
 
@@ -30,7 +50,7 @@ int riscv_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hart)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	*hart = (unsigned long) of_get_cpu_hwid(node, 0);
+	*hart = (unsigned long)of_get_cpu_hwid(node, 0);
 	if (*hart == ~0UL) {
 		pr_warn("Found CPU without hart ID\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -45,10 +65,12 @@ int riscv_of_processor_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hart)
 		pr_warn("CPU with hartid=%lu has no \"riscv,isa\" property\n", *hart);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	if (tolower(isa[0]) != 'r' || tolower(isa[1]) != 'v') {
-		pr_warn("CPU with hartid=%lu has an invalid ISA of \"%s\"\n", *hart, isa);
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv32ima", 7))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && strncasecmp(isa, "rv64ima", 7))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -186,7 +208,11 @@ arch_initcall(riscv_cpuinfo_init);
 static struct riscv_isa_ext_data isa_ext_arr[] = {
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zicbom, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOM),
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zicboz, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICBOZ),
+	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zicntr, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICNTR),
+	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zicsr, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICSR),
+	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zifencei, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIFENCEI),
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zihintpause, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHINTPAUSE),
+	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zihpm, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHPM),
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zba, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBA),
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zbb, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBB),
 	__RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(zbs, RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBS),
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index f8dc577fc912e..bdcf460ea53d6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct riscv_isainfo *isainfo = &hart_isa[cpu];
 		unsigned long this_hwcap = 0;
-		const char *temp;
 
 		if (acpi_disabled) {
 			node = of_cpu_device_node_get(cpu);
@@ -154,22 +153,22 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
 			}
 		}
 
-		temp = isa;
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_32BIT) && !strncasecmp(isa, "rv32", 4))
-			isa += 4;
-		else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && !strncasecmp(isa, "rv64", 4))
-			isa += 4;
-		/* The riscv,isa DT property must start with rv64 or rv32 */
-		if (temp == isa)
-			continue;
-		for (; *isa; ++isa) {
+		/*
+		 * For all possible cpus, we have already validated in
+		 * the boot process that they at least contain "rv" and
+		 * whichever of "32"/"64" this kernel supports, and so this
+		 * section can be skipped.
+		 */
+		isa += 4;
+
+		while (*isa) {
 			const char *ext = isa++;
 			const char *ext_end = isa;
 			bool ext_long = false, ext_err = false;
 
 			switch (*ext) {
 			case 's':
-				/**
+				/*
 				 * Workaround for invalid single-letter 's' & 'u'(QEMU).
 				 * No need to set the bit in riscv_isa as 's' & 'u' are
 				 * not valid ISA extensions. It works until multi-letter
@@ -186,55 +185,101 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
 			case 'X':
 			case 'z':
 			case 'Z':
+				/*
+				 * Before attempting to parse the extension itself, we find its end.
+				 * As multi-letter extensions must be split from other multi-letter
+				 * extensions with an "_", the end of a multi-letter extension will
+				 * either be the null character or the "_" at the start of the next
+				 * multi-letter extension.
+				 *
+				 * Next, as the extensions version is currently ignored, we
+				 * eliminate that portion. This is done by parsing backwards from
+				 * the end of the extension, removing any numbers. This may be a
+				 * major or minor number however, so the process is repeated if a
+				 * minor number was found.
+				 *
+				 * ext_end is intended to represent the first character *after* the
+				 * name portion of an extension, but will be decremented to the last
+				 * character itself while eliminating the extensions version number.
+				 * A simple re-increment solves this problem.
+				 */
 				ext_long = true;
-				/* Multi-letter extension must be delimited */
 				for (; *isa && *isa != '_'; ++isa)
 					if (unlikely(!isalnum(*isa)))
 						ext_err = true;
-				/* Parse backwards */
+
 				ext_end = isa;
 				if (unlikely(ext_err))
 					break;
+
 				if (!isdigit(ext_end[-1]))
 					break;
-				/* Skip the minor version */
+
 				while (isdigit(*--ext_end))
 					;
-				if (tolower(ext_end[0]) != 'p'
-				    || !isdigit(ext_end[-1])) {
-					/* Advance it to offset the pre-decrement */
+
+				if (tolower(ext_end[0]) != 'p' || !isdigit(ext_end[-1])) {
 					++ext_end;
 					break;
 				}
-				/* Skip the major version */
+
 				while (isdigit(*--ext_end))
 					;
+
 				++ext_end;
 				break;
 			default:
+				/*
+				 * Things are a little easier for single-letter extensions, as they
+				 * are parsed forwards.
+				 *
+				 * After checking that our starting position is valid, we need to
+				 * ensure that, when isa was incremented at the start of the loop,
+				 * that it arrived at the start of the next extension.
+				 *
+				 * If we are already on a non-digit, there is nothing to do. Either
+				 * we have a multi-letter extension's _, or the start of an
+				 * extension.
+				 *
+				 * Otherwise we have found the current extension's major version
+				 * number. Parse past it, and a subsequent p/minor version number
+				 * if present. The `p` extension must not appear immediately after
+				 * a number, so there is no fear of missing it.
+				 *
+				 */
 				if (unlikely(!isalpha(*ext))) {
 					ext_err = true;
 					break;
 				}
-				/* Find next extension */
+
 				if (!isdigit(*isa))
 					break;
-				/* Skip the minor version */
+
 				while (isdigit(*++isa))
 					;
+
 				if (tolower(*isa) != 'p')
 					break;
+
 				if (!isdigit(*++isa)) {
 					--isa;
 					break;
 				}
-				/* Skip the major version */
+
 				while (isdigit(*++isa))
 					;
+
 				break;
 			}
-			if (*isa != '_')
-				--isa;
+
+			/*
+			 * The parser expects that at the start of an iteration isa points to the
+			 * first character of the next extension. As we stop parsing an extension
+			 * on meeting a non-alphanumeric character, an extra increment is needed
+			 * where the succeeding extension is a multi-letter prefixed with an "_".
+			 */
+			if (*isa == '_')
+				++isa;
 
 #define SET_ISA_EXT_MAP(name, bit)							\
 			do {								\
@@ -272,6 +317,23 @@ void __init riscv_fill_hwcap(void)
 #undef SET_ISA_EXT_MAP
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Linux requires the following extensions, so we may as well
+		 * always set them.
+		 */
+		set_bit(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICSR, isainfo->isa);
+		set_bit(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIFENCEI, isainfo->isa);
+
+		/*
+		 * These ones were as they were part of the base ISA when the
+		 * port & dt-bindings were upstreamed, and so can be set
+		 * unconditionally where `i` is in riscv,isa on DT systems.
+		 */
+		if (acpi_disabled) {
+			set_bit(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICNTR, isainfo->isa);
+			set_bit(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZIHPM, isainfo->isa);
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * All "okay" hart should have same isa. Set HWCAP based on
 		 * common capabilities of every "okay" hart, in case they don't
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index 6ca2b5309aab6..bb0b76e1a6d4a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void __init of_parse_and_init_cpus(void)
 	cpu_set_ops(0);
 
 	for_each_of_cpu_node(dn) {
-		rc = riscv_of_processor_hartid(dn, &hart);
+		rc = riscv_early_of_processor_hartid(dn, &hart);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			continue;