* Re: [PATCH v7 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm
2018-08-09 20:15 ` [PATCH v7 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm Nadav Amit
@ 2018-08-10 1:39 ` Masahiro Yamada
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From: Masahiro Yamada @ 2018-08-10 1:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nadav Amit
Cc: Ingo Molnar, X86 ML, Peter Zijlstra, Thomas Gleixner,
Linux Kernel Mailing List, Sam Ravnborg, Michal Marek,
H. Peter Anvin, Linux Kbuild mailing list
Hi Nadav,
2018-08-10 5:15 GMT+09:00 Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>:
> Using macros for inline assembly improves both readability and
> compilation decisions that are distorted by big assembly blocks that use
> alternative sections. Compile macros.S and use it to assemble all C
> files. Currently, only x86 will use it.
>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
I added this in the previous version.
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
When you send a new version,
please make sure to add Acked-by/Reviewed-by reviewers have given.
Thanks.
> Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
> ---
> Makefile | 9 +++++++--
> arch/x86/Makefile | 11 +++++++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/macros.S | 7 +++++++
> scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +++-
> scripts/mod/Makefile | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 7a3c4548162b..39d790e74e0d 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
> # version.h and scripts_basic is processed / created.
>
> # Listed in dependency order
> -PHONY += prepare archprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
> +PHONY += prepare archprepare macroprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
>
> # prepare3 is used to check if we are building in a separate output directory,
> # and if so do:
> @@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) include/generated/utsrelease.h \
> include/config/auto.conf
> $(cmd_crmodverdir)
>
> -archprepare: archheaders archscripts prepare1 scripts_basic
> +macroprepare: prepare1 archmacros
> +
> +archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts_basic
>
> prepare0: archprepare gcc-plugins
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
> @@ -1143,6 +1145,9 @@ archheaders:
> PHONY += archscripts
> archscripts:
>
> +PHONY += archmacros
> +archmacros:
> +
> PHONY += __headers
> __headers: $(version_h) scripts_basic uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts build_unifdef
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
> index a08e82856563..a4b90ac1629b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -z max-page-size=0x200000)
> endif
>
> -# Speed up the build
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
> +# We cannot use -pipe flag since we give an additional .s file to the compiler
> +#KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
> # Workaround for a gcc prelease that unfortunately was shipped in a suse release
> KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare
> #
> @@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
> archheaders:
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/syscalls all
>
> +archmacros:
> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/kernel arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
> +
> +ASM_MACRO_FLAGS = -Wa,arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
> +export ASM_MACRO_FLAGS
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
> +
> ###
> # Kernel objects
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..cfc1c7d1a6eb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +
> +/*
> + * This file includes headers whose assembly part includes macros which are
> + * commonly used. The macros are precompiled into assmebly file which is later
> + * assembled together with each compiled file.
> + */
> diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> index 86321f06461e..d7b7aadb6cd8 100644
> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
> @@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ __cc-option = $(call try-run,\
>
> # Do not attempt to build with gcc plugins during cc-option tests.
> # (And this uses delayed resolution so the flags will be up to date.)
> -CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> +# In addition, do not include the asm macros which are built later.
> +CC_OPTION_FILTERED = $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
> +CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(CC_OPTION_FILTERED),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
>
> # cc-option
> # Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
> index 42c5d50f2bcc..a5b4af47987a 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
> hostprogs-y := modpost mk_elfconfig
> always := $(hostprogs-y) empty.o
>
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_empty.o := $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
> +
> modpost-objs := modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o
>
> devicetable-offsets-file := devicetable-offsets.h
> --
> 2.17.1
>
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
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