Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86/percpu: Introduce size abstraction macros

From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
To: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
	<x86@kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] x86/percpu: Introduce size abstraction macros
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 16:48:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKwvOdmq5A-X-u7_=RGCjf6BAd=4n0B2x8H64nu5TTyze3V06w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200517152916.3146539-2-brgerst@gmail.com>

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:29 AM Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In preparation for cleaning up the percpu operations, define macros for
> abstraction based on the width of the operation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> index 2278797c769d..89f918a3e99b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> @@ -87,6 +87,36 @@
>   * don't give an lvalue though). */
>  extern void __bad_percpu_size(void);
>
> +#define __pcpu_type_1 u8
> +#define __pcpu_type_2 u16
> +#define __pcpu_type_4 u32
> +#define __pcpu_type_8 u64
> +
> +#define __pcpu_cast_1(val) ((u8)((unsigned long) val))
> +#define __pcpu_cast_2(val) ((u16)((unsigned long) val))
> +#define __pcpu_cast_4(val) ((u32)((unsigned long) val))
> +#define __pcpu_cast_8(val) ((u64)(val))
> +
> +#define __pcpu_op1_1(op, dst) op "b " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op1_2(op, dst) op "w " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op1_4(op, dst) op "l " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op1_8(op, dst) op "q " dst
> +
> +#define __pcpu_op2_1(op, src, dst) op "b " src ", " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op2_2(op, src, dst) op "w " src ", " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op2_4(op, src, dst) op "l " src ", " dst
> +#define __pcpu_op2_8(op, src, dst) op "q " src ", " dst

`op1` and `op2` aren't the most descriptive, though we kind of would
like terseness here.  I guess "op1"s have 1 operand, and "op2"s have 2
operands.

> +
> +#define __pcpu_reg_1(out, x) out "q" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_2(out, x) out "r" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_4(out, x) out "r" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_8(out, x) out "r" (x)

I think `mod` is more descriptive than `out`, as there are modifiers.
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Modifiers.html#Modifiers

I don't want to bikeshed, since the naming changes potentially mean
touching each patch.  Just food for thought in case other reviewers
agree/disagree.  So I'll just add:
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> +
> +#define __pcpu_reg_imm_1(x) "qi" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_imm_2(x) "ri" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_imm_4(x) "ri" (x)
> +#define __pcpu_reg_imm_8(x) "re" (x)
> +
>  #define percpu_to_op(qual, op, var, val)               \
>  do {                                                   \
>         typedef typeof(var) pto_T__;                    \
> --
> 2.25.4
>

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers