Re: [PATCH] Kconfig: eradicate CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>]

On 19/08/2022 10:00:53-0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> GCC has supported asm goto since 4.5, and Clang has since version 9.0.0.
> The minimum supported versions of these tools for the build according to
> Documentation/process/changes.rst are 5.1 and 11.0.0 respectively.
> 
> Remove the feature detection script, Kconfig option, and clean up some
> fallback code that is no longer supported.
> 
> The removed script was also testing for a GCC specific bug that was
> fixed in the 4.7 release.
> 
> The script was also not portable; users of Dash shell reported errors
> when it was invoked.
> 

To be clear, the script was portable, what is not working with dash is
the current detection of CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO_TIED_OUTPUT. I'll try the other
suggestion from Masahiro.

> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNATSr=BXKfkdW8f-H5VT_w=xBpT2ZQcZ7rm6JfkdE+QnmA@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48637
> Reported-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst |  4 ++--
>  arch/Kconfig                              |  3 +--
>  arch/um/include/asm/cpufeature.h          |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/Makefile                         |  4 ----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h         |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h              | 19 +------------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c                    |  2 +-
>  init/Kconfig                              |  4 ----
>  scripts/gcc-goto.sh                       | 22 ----------------------
>  tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h        | 21 ---------------------
>  10 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100755 scripts/gcc-goto.sh
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
> index 7fb398649f51..858ed5d80def 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
> @@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ followed by a test macro::
>  If you need to expose a compiler capability to makefiles and/or C source files,
>  `CC_HAS_` is the recommended prefix for the config option::
>  
> -  config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
> -	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC))
> +  config CC_HAS_FOO
> +	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-check-foo.sh $(CC))
>  
>  Build as module only
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index f330410da63a..5dbf11a5ba4e 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ config KPROBES
>  config JUMP_LABEL
>  	bool "Optimize very unlikely/likely branches"
>  	depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
> -	depends on CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
>  	select OBJTOOL if HAVE_JUMP_LABEL_HACK
>  	help
>  	 This option enables a transparent branch optimization that
> @@ -1361,7 +1360,7 @@ config HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL
>  
>  config HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY
>  	bool
> -	depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL && CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
> +	depends on HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
>  	select HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
>  	help
>  	   An architecture should select this if it can handle the preemption
> diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/um/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index 19cd7ed6ec3c..94ff93ce20de 100644
> --- a/arch/um/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/um/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ extern void setup_clear_cpu_cap(unsigned int bit);
>  
>  #define setup_force_cpu_bug(bit) setup_force_cpu_cap(bit)
>  
> -#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO)
> +#if defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 9
>  
>  /*
>   * Workaround for the sake of BPF compilation which utilizes kernel
> - * headers, but clang does not support ASM GOTO and fails the build.
> + * headers, but clang < 9 does not support ASM GOTO and fails the build.
>   */
>  #ifndef __BPF_TRACING__
>  #warning "Compiler lacks ASM_GOTO support. Add -D __BPF_TRACING__ to your compiler arguments"
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
> index 7854685c5f25..bafbd905e6e7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ vdso_install:
>  
>  archprepare: checkbin
>  checkbin:
> -ifndef CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
> -	@echo Compiler lacks asm-goto support.
> -	@exit 1
> -endif
>  ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
>  ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
>  	@echo "You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler." >&2
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index ea34cc31b047..29951da819ca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ extern void clear_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, unsigned int bit);
>  
>  #define setup_force_cpu_bug(bit) setup_force_cpu_cap(bit)
>  
> -#if defined(__clang__) && !defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO)
> +#if defined(__clang__) && __clang_major__ < 9

Shouldn't we simply mandates clang >= 9 and drop the whole section? This
is what you do later on.

>  
>  /*
>   * Workaround for the sake of BPF compilation which utilizes kernel
> - * headers, but clang does not support ASM GOTO and fails the build.
> + * headers, but clang < 9 does not support ASM GOTO and fails the build.
>   */
>  #ifndef __BPF_TRACING__
>  #warning "Compiler lacks ASM_GOTO support. Add -D __BPF_TRACING__ to your compiler arguments"
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> index 8a9eba191516..c82f1b334207 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> @@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
>  
>  #define __CLOBBERS_MEM(clb...)	"memory", ## clb
>  
> -#if !defined(__GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__) && defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO)
> -
> -/* Use asm goto */
> +#ifndef __GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__
>  
>  #define __GEN_RMWcc(fullop, _var, cc, clobbers, ...)			\
>  ({									\
> @@ -27,21 +25,6 @@ cc_label:	c = true;						\
>  	c;								\
>  })
>  
> -#else /* defined(__GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__) || !defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO) */
> -
> -/* Use flags output or a set instruction */
> -
> -#define __GEN_RMWcc(fullop, _var, cc, clobbers, ...)			\
> -({									\
> -	bool c;								\
> -	asm volatile (fullop CC_SET(cc)					\
> -			: [var] "+m" (_var), CC_OUT(cc) (c)		\
> -			: __VA_ARGS__ : clobbers);			\
> -	c;								\
> -})
> -
> -#endif /* defined(__GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__) || !defined(CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO) */
> -
>  #define GEN_UNARY_RMWcc_4(op, var, cc, arg0)				\
>  	__GEN_RMWcc(op " " arg0, var, cc, __CLOBBERS_MEM())
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index b4eeb7c75dfa..08613c65138d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ FOP_END;
>  
>  /*
>   * XXX: inoutclob user must know where the argument is being expanded.
> - *      Relying on CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO would allow us to remove _fault.
> + *      Using asm goto would allow us to remove _fault.
>   */
>  #define asm_safe(insn, inoutclob...) \
>  ({ \
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 80fe60fa77fb..532362fcfe31 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ config CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
>  	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m64-flag) -static) if 64BIT
>  	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m32-flag) -static)
>  
> -config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
> -	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC))
> -
>  config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO_OUTPUT
> -	depends on CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
>  	def_bool $(success,echo 'int foo(int x) { asm goto ("": "=r"(x) ::: bar); return x; bar: return 0; }' | $(CC) -x c - -c -o /dev/null)
>  
>  config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO_TIED_OUTPUT
> diff --git a/scripts/gcc-goto.sh b/scripts/gcc-goto.sh
> deleted file mode 100755
> index 8b980fb2270a..000000000000
> --- a/scripts/gcc-goto.sh
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
> -#!/bin/sh
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -# Test for gcc 'asm goto' support
> -# Copyright (C) 2010, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
> -
> -cat << "END" | $@ -x c - -fno-PIE -c -o /dev/null
> -int main(void)
> -{
> -#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__aarch64__)
> -	/*
> -	 * Not related to asm goto, but used by jump label
> -	 * and broken on some ARM GCC versions (see GCC Bug 48637).
> -	 */
> -	static struct { int dummy; int state; } tp;
> -	asm (".long %c0" :: "i" (&tp.state));
> -#endif
> -
> -entry:
> -	asm goto ("" :::: entry);
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -END
> diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> index fee7983a90b4..11ff975242ca 100644
> --- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> +++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h
> @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
>  #ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_X86_RMWcc
>  #define _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_X86_RMWcc
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
> -
>  #define __GEN_RMWcc(fullop, var, cc, ...)				\
>  do {									\
>  	asm_volatile_goto (fullop "; j" cc " %l[cc_label]"		\
> @@ -20,23 +18,4 @@ cc_label:								\
>  #define GEN_BINARY_RMWcc(op, var, vcon, val, arg0, cc)			\
>  	__GEN_RMWcc(op " %1, " arg0, var, cc, vcon (val))
>  
> -#else /* !CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO */
> -
> -#define __GEN_RMWcc(fullop, var, cc, ...)				\
> -do {									\
> -	char c;								\
> -	asm volatile (fullop "; set" cc " %1"				\
> -			: "+m" (var), "=qm" (c)				\
> -			: __VA_ARGS__ : "memory");			\
> -	return c != 0;							\
> -} while (0)
> -
> -#define GEN_UNARY_RMWcc(op, var, arg0, cc)				\
> -	__GEN_RMWcc(op " " arg0, var, cc)
> -
> -#define GEN_BINARY_RMWcc(op, var, vcon, val, arg0, cc)			\
> -	__GEN_RMWcc(op " %2, " arg0, var, cc, vcon (val))
> -
> -#endif /* CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO */
> -
>  #endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_X86_RMWcc */
> -- 
> 2.37.1.595.g718a3a8f04-goog
> 

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