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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64: LLVMLinux: Fix inline arm64 assembly for use with clang
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:53:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140908105307.GF26030@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1409959460-15989-1-git-send-email-behanw@converseincode.com>

On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:24:20AM +0100, behanw at converseincode.com wrote:
> From: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@gmail.com>
> 
> Fix variable types for 64-bit inline assembly.
> 
> This patch now works with both gcc and clang.

Really? This looks like something the clang needs to do better on, as I
really don't see people adding these casts to future code. They're ugly and
redundant (or GCC).

This hunk:

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> index c555672..6894ef3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __init early_cachepolicy(char *p)
>  	 */
>  	asm volatile(
>  	"	mrs	%0, mair_el1\n"
> -	"	bfi	%0, %1, #%2, #8\n"
> +	"	bfi	%0, %1, %2, #8\n"
>  	"	msr	mair_el1, %0\n"
>  	"	isb\n"
>  	: "=&r" (tmp)

also looks fishy. Does gas accept that without the '#' prefix?

Will

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From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
To: "behanw@converseincode.com" <behanw@converseincode.com>
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	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@arm.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@arm.com>,
	Matthew Leach <Matthew.Leach@arm.com>,
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	Mark Charlebois <charlebm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: LLVMLinux: Fix inline arm64 assembly for use with clang
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 11:53:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140908105307.GF26030@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1409959460-15989-1-git-send-email-behanw@converseincode.com>

On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 12:24:20AM +0100, behanw@converseincode.com wrote:
> From: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@gmail.com>
> 
> Fix variable types for 64-bit inline assembly.
> 
> This patch now works with both gcc and clang.

Really? This looks like something the clang needs to do better on, as I
really don't see people adding these casts to future code. They're ugly and
redundant (or GCC).

This hunk:

> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> index c555672..6894ef3 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __init early_cachepolicy(char *p)
>  	 */
>  	asm volatile(
>  	"	mrs	%0, mair_el1\n"
> -	"	bfi	%0, %1, #%2, #8\n"
> +	"	bfi	%0, %1, %2, #8\n"
>  	"	msr	mair_el1, %0\n"
>  	"	isb\n"
>  	: "=&r" (tmp)

also looks fishy. Does gas accept that without the '#' prefix?

Will

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-08 10:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-05 23:24 [PATCH] arm64: LLVMLinux: Fix inline arm64 assembly for use with clang behanw at converseincode.com
2014-09-05 23:24 ` behanw
2014-09-08  9:30 ` Olof Johansson
2014-09-08  9:30   ` Olof Johansson
2014-09-10 17:38   ` Will Deacon
2014-09-10 17:38     ` Will Deacon
2014-09-10 17:49     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-09-10 17:49       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-09-08 10:53 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2014-09-08 10:53   ` Will Deacon
2014-09-08 18:35   ` Mark Charlebois
2014-09-08 18:35     ` Mark Charlebois
2014-09-09 10:15     ` Will Deacon
2014-09-09 10:15       ` Will Deacon
2014-09-15  5:30       ` behanw at converseincode.com
2014-09-15  5:30         ` behanw
2014-09-15 16:02         ` Will Deacon
2014-09-15 16:02           ` Will Deacon
2014-09-15 16:26           ` Catalin Marinas
2014-09-15 16:26             ` Catalin Marinas

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