From: "Heiko Stübner" <heiko@sntech.de>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, palmer@dabbelt.com,
christoph.muellner@vrull.eu, prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com,
philipp.tomsich@vrull.eu, ajones@ventanamicro.com,
emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] efi/riscv: libstub: mark when compiling libstub
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 18:20:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2243332.usQuhbGJ8B@diego> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y3EmWsGanb4jf35F@spud>
Am Sonntag, 13. November 2022, 18:16:10 CET schrieb Conor Dooley:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 05:49:18PM +0100, Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > From: Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@vrull.eu>
> >
> > We want to runtime-optimize some core functions (str*, mem*)
> > but not have this leak into libstub. Instead libstub
> > for the short while it's running should just use the generic
>
> Totally pedantic reword, mostly b/c I am an eejit and confused myself
> the first time reading this:
>
> "Instead, libstub, for the short while it's running, should just use
> the generic implementation."
>
> > implementation.
> >
> > To be able to determine whether functions are getting compiled
> > as part of libstub or not, add a compile-flag we can check
> > via #ifdef.
>
> Exempting the stub makes sense to me given when it runs. What's the
> actual downside of not exempting it though?
You run into build-errors.
I.e. the alternatives (zbb-variants in this case) get compiled
so there is the reference to the _strlen_zbb function in the efi-stub,
which of course is not fullfillable, hence the "magic" in patch6 :-) .
Heiko
> > Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko.stuebner@vrull.eu>
> > ---
> > drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> > index b1601aad7e1a..39c8e3da1937 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM) := $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
> > -fno-builtin -fpic \
> > $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base)
> > cflags-$(CONFIG_RISCV) := $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
> > - -fpic
> > + -fpic -DRISCV_EFISTUB
> > cflags-$(CONFIG_LOONGARCH) := $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
> > -fpie
> >
>
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Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-10 16:49 [PATCH 0/7] Zbb string optimizations and call support in alternatives Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/7] efi/riscv: libstub: mark when compiling libstub Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 17:16 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-13 17:20 ` Heiko Stübner [this message]
2022-11-13 18:06 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 2/7] RISC-V: add auipc elements to parse_asm header Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 17:18 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 3/7] RISC-V: add U-type imm parsing " Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 19:06 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 4/7] RISC-V: add rd reg " Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 19:08 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 5/7] RISC-V: fix auipc-jalr addresses in patched alternatives Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 20:31 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-14 10:57 ` Emil Renner Berthing
2022-11-14 11:35 ` Andrew Jones
2022-11-14 11:38 ` Emil Renner Berthing
2022-11-14 11:38 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-14 12:15 ` Andrew Jones
2022-11-14 12:29 ` Emil Renner Berthing
2022-11-14 12:47 ` Philipp Tomsich
2022-11-15 14:28 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-17 11:51 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-21 9:50 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-21 11:27 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-21 15:06 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-21 21:31 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-21 22:17 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-21 22:38 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-22 0:16 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-21 23:59 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-22 10:59 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-22 11:19 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-22 11:37 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-22 12:28 ` Lad, Prabhakar
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 6/7] RISC-V: add infrastructure to allow different str* implementations Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 22:07 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-10 16:49 ` [PATCH 7/7] RISC-V: add zbb support to string functions Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-13 23:29 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-13 23:47 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-24 22:23 ` Heiko Stübner
2022-11-24 22:32 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-24 23:51 ` Heiko Stuebner
2022-11-25 7:49 ` Andrew Jones
2022-11-25 8:17 ` Conor.Dooley
[not found] ` <CAEg0e7h9skbWPVDsz9CdB8dATN5XM9eT-uPY0A7xRZmX=qTU6A@mail.gmail.com>
2022-11-25 15:28 ` Andrew Jones
2022-11-25 16:35 ` Christoph Müllner
2022-11-25 16:39 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-25 17:02 ` Christoph Müllner
2022-11-25 17:11 ` Conor Dooley
2022-11-25 17:42 ` Christoph Müllner
2022-11-25 16:36 ` Conor Dooley
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