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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] x86, asm: use bool for bitops and other assembly outputs
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 10:33:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160608083340.GC9645@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160608082835.GB9645@gmail.com>


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 04:31:01PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> > > 
> > > The gcc people have confirmed that using "bool" when combined with
> > > inline assembly always is treated as a byte-sized operand that can be
> > > assumed to be 0 or 1, which is exactly what the SET instruction
> > > emits.  Change the output types and intermediate variables of as many
> > > operations as practical to "bool".
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/boot/bitops.h             |  8 +++++---
> > >  arch/x86/boot/boot.h               |  8 ++++----
> > >  arch/x86/boot/string.c             |  2 +-
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/apm.h         |  6 +++---
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h  | 16 ++++++++--------
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h      |  8 ++++----
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h | 10 +++++-----
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h      | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/local.h       |  8 ++++----
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h      |  8 ++++----
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/rmwcc.h       |  4 ++--
> > >  arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h       | 17 +++++++++--------
> > >  include/linux/random.h             | 12 ++++++------
> > >  13 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
> > 
> > So the only concern I have with this is that the x86 function signatures
> > are now different from the other architectures.
> > 
> > Not sure how much if anything that matters..
> 
> It does matter:
> 
>  In file included from arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c:21:0:
>  ./arch/x86/include/asm/archrandom.h:95:20: error: redefinition of ‘arch_get_random_long’
>  static inline bool arch_get_random_long(unsigned long *v)
>  In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h:43:0,
>  include/linux/random.h:98:20: note: previous definition of ‘arch_get_random_long’ was here

Note that this particular build error was introduced by b0bdba9825fe, a later 
patch in this series - but in generaly I'm uneasy about allowing function 
signatures diverge between architectures.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-08  8:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-07 23:30 [PATCH 00/10] x86: use gcc 6+ asm flag output feature H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86, bitops: remove use of "sbb" to return CF H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:39   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86, asm: use bool for bitops and other assembly outputs H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:40   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  7:49   ` [PATCH 02/10] " Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-08  8:28     ` Ingo Molnar
2016-06-08  8:33       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-06-08  8:55         ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  9:01           ` Ingo Molnar
2016-06-08  9:12             ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  9:20               ` Ingo Molnar
2016-06-08  9:31                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  9:39                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-08  9:43                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  9:40                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  8:58       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  9:06         ` Ingo Molnar
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86, asm: change the GEN_*_RMWcc() macros to not quote the condition H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:40   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86, asm: define CC_SET() and CC_OUT() macros H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:40   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  5:09   ` [PATCH 04/10] " Andy Lutomirski
2016-06-08 19:29     ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08 19:34       ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08 19:35         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86, asm: change GEN_*_RMWcc() to use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:41   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86, asm: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() in <asm/bitops.h> H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:41   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86, asm: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() in <asm/percpu.h> H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:42   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 08/10] x86, asm: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() in <asm/rwsem.h> H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:42   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 09/10] x86, asm: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() and static_cpu_has() in archrandom.h H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:42   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  5:12   ` [PATCH 09/10] " Andy Lutomirski
2016-06-07 23:31 ` [PATCH 10/10] x86, asm, boot: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() in arch/x86/boot/boot.h H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-07 23:43   ` [tip:x86/asm] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  8:00 ` [PATCH 00/10] x86: use gcc 6+ asm flag output feature Peter Zijlstra
2016-06-08  8:56   ` H. Peter Anvin
2016-06-08  8:26 ` Ingo Molnar

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