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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86: cleanup alternative.h (v3)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:13:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090428181340.GC2030@Krystal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49F73F79.7060809@zytor.com>

Alternative header duplicates assembly that could be merged in one single macro.
Merging this into this macro also allows to directly declare ALTERNATIVE()
statements within assembly code.

Uses a __stringify() of the feature bits rather than passing a "i" operand.
Leave the old %0 operand as-is (set to 0), unused to stay compatible with API.

Update :
align comments, align code.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: 'Ingo Molnar' <mingo@elte.hu>
CC: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h |   59 ++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h	2009-04-28 13:47:03.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h	2009-04-28 13:48:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 
 /*
@@ -74,6 +75,22 @@ static inline void alternatives_smp_swit
 
 const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void);
 
+/* alternative assembly primitive */
+#define ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) 			\
+									\
+      "661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n"					\
+      ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"				\
+      _ASM_ALIGN "\n"							\
+      _ASM_PTR "661b\n"				/* label */		\
+      _ASM_PTR "663f\n"				/* new instruction */	\
+      ".byte " __stringify(feature) "\n"	/* feature bit */	\
+      ".byte 662b-661b\n"			/* sourcelen */		\
+      ".byte 664f-663f\n"			/* replacementlen */	\
+      ".previous\n"							\
+      ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n"				\
+      "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n"		/* replacement */	\
+      ".previous"
+
 /*
  * Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities.
  *
@@ -87,18 +104,7 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_tab
  * without volatile and memory clobber.
  */
 #define alternative(oldinstr, newinstr, feature)			\
-	asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n"			\
-		      ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"		\
-		      _ASM_ALIGN "\n"					\
-		      _ASM_PTR "661b\n"		/* label */		\
-		      _ASM_PTR "663f\n"		/* new instruction */	\
-		      "	 .byte %c0\n"		/* feature bit */	\
-		      "	 .byte 662b-661b\n"	/* sourcelen */		\
-		      "	 .byte 664f-663f\n"	/* replacementlen */	\
-		      ".previous\n"					\
-		      ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n"		\
-		      "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n"  /* replacement */	\
-		      ".previous" :: "i" (feature) : "memory")
+	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) : : : "memory")
 
 /*
  * Alternative inline assembly with input.
@@ -109,35 +115,16 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_tab
  * Best is to use constraints that are fixed size (like (%1) ... "r")
  * If you use variable sized constraints like "m" or "g" in the
  * replacement make sure to pad to the worst case length.
+ * Leaving an unused argument 0 to keep API compatibility.
  */
 #define alternative_input(oldinstr, newinstr, feature, input...)	\
-	asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n"			\
-		      ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"		\
-		      _ASM_ALIGN "\n"					\
-		      _ASM_PTR "661b\n"		/* label */		\
-		      _ASM_PTR "663f\n"		/* new instruction */	\
-		      "	 .byte %c0\n"		/* feature bit */	\
-		      "	 .byte 662b-661b\n"	/* sourcelen */		\
-		      "	 .byte 664f-663f\n"	/* replacementlen */	\
-		      ".previous\n"					\
-		      ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n"		\
-		      "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n"  /* replacement */	\
-		      ".previous" :: "i" (feature), ##input)
+	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature)		\
+		: : "i" (0), ## input)
 
 /* Like alternative_input, but with a single output argument */
 #define alternative_io(oldinstr, newinstr, feature, output, input...)	\
-	asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n"			\
-		      ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"		\
-		      _ASM_ALIGN "\n"					\
-		      _ASM_PTR "661b\n"		/* label */		\
-		      _ASM_PTR "663f\n"		/* new instruction */	\
-		      "	 .byte %c[feat]\n"	/* feature bit */	\
-		      "	 .byte 662b-661b\n"	/* sourcelen */		\
-		      "	 .byte 664f-663f\n"	/* replacementlen */	\
-		      ".previous\n"					\
-		      ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n"		\
-		      "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n"  /* replacement */ \
-		      ".previous" : output : [feat] "i" (feature), ##input)
+	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature)		\
+		: output : "i" (0), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-04-28 18:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-22 20:18 [patch 0/2] Fixing AMD cmpxchg "missing lfence" mess Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-22 20:18 ` [patch 1/2] x86: cleanup alternative.h Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-28 13:05   ` [GIT PULL] " Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-28 14:58     ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-28 15:13       ` [GIT PULL] x86: cleanup alternative.h (v2) Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-29  6:17         ` [tip:x86/asm] x86: clean up alternative.h tip-bot for Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-29  6:22           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-28 17:40       ` [GIT PULL] x86: cleanup alternative.h H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-28 18:11         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-28 18:13         ` Mathieu Desnoyers [this message]
2009-04-22 20:18 ` [patch 2/2] x86 amd fix cmpxchg read acquire barrier Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-22 20:59   ` Alan Cox
2009-04-22 22:47     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-22 22:53       ` Alan Cox
2009-04-22 23:26         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-23  8:06   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-23 13:19     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-23 13:41       ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2009-04-23 22:17         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-04-25  8:19   ` Pavel Machek
2009-05-02 15:55     ` Mathieu Desnoyers

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