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* [PATCH v4 0/7] Optimize jump label implementation for ARM64
@ 2013-10-17  6:19 Jiang Liu
  2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] arm64: introduce basic aarch64 instruction decoding helpers Jiang Liu
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From: Jiang Liu @ 2013-10-17  6:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel

From: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@huawei.com>

This patchset tries to optimize arch specfic jump label implementation
for ARM64 by dynamic kernel text patching.

To enable this feature, your toolchain must support "asm goto" extension
and "%c" constraint extesion. Current GCC for AARCH64 doesn't support
"%c", so you need a GCC patch similiar to this:
http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc/trunk/gcc/config/arm/arm.c?view=patch&r1=175293&r2=175565&pathrev=175565
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48637

It has been tested on ARM Fast mode and a real hardware platform.

Any comments are welcomed!

V3->V4:
1) resolve a race condition in kernel text patching
2) address other review comments

V2->V3:
1) fix a bug in comparing signed and unsigned values
2) detect big endian by checking __AARCH64EB__

V1->V2: address review comments of V1
1) refine comments
2) add a new interface to always synchronize with stop_machine()
   when patching code
3) handle endian issue when patching code


Jiang Liu (7):
  arm64: introduce basic aarch64 instruction decoding helpers
  arm64: introduce interfaces to hotpatch kernel and module code
  arm64: move encode_insn_immediate() from module.c to insn.c
  arm64: introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions
  arm64, jump label: detect %c support for ARM64
  arm64, jump label: optimize jump label implementation
  jump_label: use defined macros instead of hard-coding for better
    readability

 arch/arm64/Kconfig                  |   1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h       | 110 +++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h |  52 ++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile          |   3 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c            | 235 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c      |  58 +++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/module.c          | 152 +++++++----------------
 include/linux/jump_label.h          |  15 ++-
 scripts/gcc-goto.sh                 |   2 +-
 9 files changed, 514 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/insn.h
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/jump_label.h
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/insn.c
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/jump_label.c

-- 
1.8.1.2

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2013-10-17  6:19 [PATCH v4 0/7] Optimize jump label implementation for ARM64 Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] arm64: introduce basic aarch64 instruction decoding helpers Jiang Liu
2013-10-17 10:47   ` Will Deacon
2013-10-17 15:14     ` Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] arm64: introduce interfaces to hotpatch kernel and module code Jiang Liu
2013-10-17 11:38   ` Will Deacon
2013-10-17 15:24     ` Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
2013-10-17 15:59       ` Jiang Liu
2013-10-18  8:56       ` Will Deacon
2013-10-18 13:44         ` Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
2013-10-18 15:08           ` Jiang Liu
2013-10-17 15:38     ` Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] arm64: move encode_insn_immediate() from module.c to insn.c Jiang Liu
2013-10-17 12:11   ` Will Deacon
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] arm64: introduce aarch64_insn_gen_{nop|branch_imm}() helper functions Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] arm64, jump label: detect %c support for ARM64 Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] arm64, jump label: optimize jump label implementation Jiang Liu
2013-10-17  6:19 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] jump_label: use defined macros instead of hard-coding for better readability Jiang Liu

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