From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: "'hpa@zytor.com'" <hpa@zytor.com>,
'Brian Gerst' <brgerst@gmail.com>,
"Nick Desaulniers" <ndesaulniers@google.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86: bitops: fix build regression
Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 08:35:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ef7d077424554abebbd0d46738c90163@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7C32CF96-0519-4C32-B66B-23AD9C1F1F52@zytor.com>
From: hpa@zytor.com
> Sent: 07 May 2020 08:59
> On May 7, 2020 12:44:44 AM PDT, David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> wrote:
> >From: Brian Gerst
> >> Sent: 07 May 2020 07:18
> >...
> >> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
> >> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
> >> > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ arch_set_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long
> >*addr)
> >> > if (__builtin_constant_p(nr)) {
> >> > asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "orb %1,%0"
> >> > : CONST_MASK_ADDR(nr, addr)
> >> > - : "iq" (CONST_MASK(nr) & 0xff)
> >> > + : "iq" ((u8)(CONST_MASK(nr) & 0xff))
> >>
> >> I think a better fix would be to make CONST_MASK() return a u8 value
> >> rather than have to cast on every use.
> >
> >Or assign to a local variable - then it doesn't matter how
> >the value is actually calculated. So:
> > u8 mask = CONST_MASK(nr);
> > asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "orb %1,%0"
> > : CONST_MASK_ADDR(nr, addr)
> > : "iq" mask
> >
> > David
> >
> >-
> >Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes,
> >MK1 1PT, UK
> >Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
>
> "const u8" please...
Why, just a waste of disk space.
David
-
Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-07 8:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-05 17:44 [PATCH] x86: bitops: fix build regression Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-05 18:07 ` hpa
2020-05-05 18:22 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-07 11:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-07 14:00 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-07 19:19 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-07 22:29 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 1:57 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-08 17:21 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 17:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2020-05-08 18:05 ` [PATCH v3] " Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 18:08 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 18:22 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-08 18:28 ` [PATCH v4] " Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 18:32 ` [PATCH v5] " Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-08 20:28 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-05-08 23:47 ` Jesse Brandeburg
2020-05-09 4:44 ` Sedat Dilek
2020-05-09 12:20 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-05-09 15:43 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-11 17:22 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-10 13:54 ` David Laight
2020-05-11 18:52 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-14 23:47 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-10 11:59 ` [PATCH] " David Laight
2020-05-10 12:33 ` hpa
2020-05-07 19:29 ` hpa
2020-05-06 4:30 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-05-06 9:22 ` Sedat Dilek
2020-05-06 15:41 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-05-06 16:37 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-06 16:55 ` Ilie Halip
2020-05-06 17:05 ` [PATCH v2] " Nick Desaulniers
2020-05-07 6:18 ` [PATCH] " Brian Gerst
2020-05-07 7:02 ` hpa
2020-05-07 13:32 ` Brian Gerst
2020-05-07 15:09 ` David Laight
2020-05-07 19:31 ` hpa
2020-05-07 19:29 ` hpa
2020-05-07 7:44 ` David Laight
2020-05-07 7:59 ` hpa
2020-05-07 8:35 ` David Laight [this message]
2020-05-07 8:38 ` hpa
2020-05-07 9:17 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-05-07 19:22 ` Nick Desaulniers
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