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From: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
To: "hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
	Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 06:18:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B824A03-AB76-4B34-B1CA-F27C0F1B0575@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85B77A64-5FF3-4B82-8A07-E045E259C985@zytor.com>

From: hpa@zytor.com
Sent: November 7, 2018 at 9:50:28 PM GMT
> To: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>, Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>, Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm
> 
> 
> On November 7, 2018 1:43:39 PM PST, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> wrote:
>> On 2018-11-07 11:56 a.m., Nadav Amit wrote:
>>> HPA indicated more than once that this is wrong (and that was indeed
>> my
>>> initial solution), since it is not guaranteed that the compiler would
>> put
>>> the macro assembly before its use.
>> 
>> Hmm, that's very unfortunate. I don't really understand why the
>> compiler
>> would not put the macro assembly in the same order as it appears in the
>> code and it would be in the correct order there.
>> 
>> In any case, I've submitted a couple of issues to icecc[1] and
>> distcc[2]
>> to see if they have any ideas about supporting this on their sides.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Logan
>> 
>> [1] https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ficecc%2Ficecream%2Fissues%2F428&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnamit%40vmware.com%7C30ab3751343b49f869ab08d644fb1d8c%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C1%7C0%7C636772242666772528&amp;sdata=dXKTR79LkFDQ9IXxYw9XYt0VPFa4MXrMUcc86w5uy%2Fk%3D&amp;reserved=0
>> [2] https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fdistcc%2Fdistcc%2Fissues%2F312&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cnamit%40vmware.com%7C30ab3751343b49f869ab08d644fb1d8c%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C1%7C0%7C636772242666772528&amp;sdata=XynZ1bFbKAb8V2eoPQbXudEJ%2B%2Bu8QA3mM4Sr4E%2FTzWs%3D&amp;reserved=0
> 
> Apparently gcc will treat them like basic blocks and possibly move them around.

Maybe it is possible to break the compilation of each object into two
stages: first, compile the source without assembly, and then take the
generated .s file and assemble it with the .s file of the macros.

Does it sounds as something that may work? I guess it should only be done
when distcc is used.


  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-08  6:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-03 21:30 [PATCH v9 00/10] x86: macrofying inline asm Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 01/10] xtensa: defining LINKER_SCRIPT for the linker script Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:00   ` [tip:x86/build] kbuild/arch/xtensa: Define " tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:01   ` [tip:x86/build] kbuild/Makefile: Prepare for using macros in inline assembly code to work around asm() related GCC inlining bugs tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-11-06 18:57   ` [PATCH v9 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-06 19:18     ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-06 20:01       ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-07 18:01         ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-07 18:53           ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-07 18:56             ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-07 21:43               ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-07 21:50                 ` hpa
2018-11-08  6:18                   ` Nadav Amit [this message]
2018-11-08 17:14                     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-08 19:54                       ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-08 20:00                         ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-11-08 20:18                           ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-10 22:04                             ` Nadav Amit
2018-11-13  4:56                               ` Logan Gunthorpe
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 03/10] x86: objtool: use asm macro for better compiler decisions Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:02   ` [tip:x86/build] x86/objtool: Use asm macros to work around GCC inlining bugs tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 04/10] x86: refcount: prevent gcc distortions Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  7:57   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04  8:33     ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04  8:40       ` hpa
2018-10-04  8:56         ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04  8:56         ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  9:02           ` hpa
2018-10-04  9:16             ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04 19:33               ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-10-04 20:05                 ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 20:08                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-10-04 20:29                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-04 23:11                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2018-10-06  1:40                 ` Rasmus Villemoes
2018-10-04  9:12           ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04  9:17             ` hpa
2018-10-04  9:30             ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  9:45               ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04 10:23                 ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-05  9:31                   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-05 11:20                     ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-05 12:52                       ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-05 20:27                     ` [PATCH 0/3] Macrofying inline asm rebased Nadav Amit
2018-10-05 20:27                       ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/extable: Macrofy inline assembly code to work around GCC inlining bugs Nadav Amit
2018-10-06 14:42                         ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-05 20:27                       ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/cpufeature: " Nadav Amit
2018-10-06 14:43                         ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-05 20:27                       ` [PATCH 3/3] x86/jump-labels: " Nadav Amit
2018-10-06 14:44                         ` [tip:x86/build] " tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-08  2:17                     ` [PATCH v9 04/10] x86: refcount: prevent gcc distortions Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  8:40     ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-04  9:01       ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-04 10:02   ` [tip:x86/build] x86/refcount: Work around GCC inlining bug tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 05/10] x86: alternatives: macrofy locks for better inlining Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:03   ` [tip:x86/build] x86/alternatives: Macrofy lock prefixes to work around GCC inlining bugs tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 06/10] x86: bug: prevent gcc distortions Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:03   ` [tip:x86/build] x86/bug: Macrofy the BUG table section handling, to work around GCC inlining bugs tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 07/10] x86: prevent inline distortion by paravirt ops Nadav Amit
2018-10-04 10:04   ` [tip:x86/build] x86/paravirt: Work around GCC inlining bugs when compiling " tip-bot for Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 08/10] x86: extable: use macros instead of inline assembly Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:30 ` [PATCH v9 09/10] x86: cpufeature: " Nadav Amit
2018-10-03 21:31 ` [PATCH v9 10/10] x86: jump-labels: " Nadav Amit
2018-10-07  9:18 ` PROPOSAL: Extend inline asm syntax with size spec Borislav Petkov
     [not found]   ` <20181007132228.GJ29268@gate.crashing.org>
2018-10-07 14:13     ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-07 15:14       ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-08  5:58         ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-08  7:53           ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-07 15:53     ` Michael Matz
2018-10-08  6:13       ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-08  8:18         ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-08  7:31       ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-08  9:07         ` Richard Biener
2018-10-08 10:02           ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-09 14:53           ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-10  6:35             ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-10  7:12             ` Richard Biener
2018-10-10  7:22               ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-10  8:03                 ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-10  8:19                   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-10  8:35                     ` Richard Biener
2018-10-10 18:54                     ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-10 19:14                       ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-13 19:33                         ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-13 21:14                           ` Alexander Monakov
2018-10-13 21:30                             ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-25 10:24                           ` Borislav Petkov
2018-10-31 12:55                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-10-31 13:11                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-10-31 16:31                             ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-11-01  5:20                             ` Joe Perches
2018-11-01  9:01                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-01  9:20                                 ` Joe Perches
2018-11-01 11:15                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-12-27  4:47                             ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-10-10 10:29                   ` Richard Biener
2018-10-10  7:53               ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-10 16:31             ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-10 19:21               ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-10-11  7:04               ` Richard Biener
2018-11-29 11:46             ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-11-29 12:25               ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-11-30  9:06                 ` Boris Petkov
2018-11-30 13:16                   ` Segher Boessenkool
2018-12-10  8:16                     ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-11-29 13:07               ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-29 13:09                 ` Richard Biener
2018-11-29 13:16                   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-29 13:24                     ` Richard Biener
2018-10-08 16:24       ` David Laight
2018-10-07 16:09   ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-07 16:46     ` Richard Biener
2018-10-07 19:06       ` Nadav Amit
2018-10-07 19:52         ` Jeff Law
2018-10-08  7:46         ` Richard Biener

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