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Message-ID: <20180118202835.GE27409@jhogan-linux.mipstec.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:28:36 +0000
From:   James Hogan <james.hogan@...s.com>
To:     Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov@...il.com>
CC:     Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...s.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: use generic GCC library routines from lib/

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 04:34:18PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:03:48 +0000
> Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...s.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 09:51:21AM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> > > The commit b35cd9884fa5 ("lib: Add shared copies of
> > > some GCC library routines") makes it possible
> > > to share generic GCC library routines by several
> > > architectures.
> > > 
> > > This commit removes several generic GCC library
> > > routines from arch/mips/lib/ in favour of similar
> > > routines from lib/.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Antony Pavlov <antonynpavlov@...il.com>
> > > Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>
> > > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> > > Cc: linux-mips@...ux-mips.org
> > > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > > ---
> > >  arch/mips/Kconfig       |  5 +++++
> > >  arch/mips/lib/Makefile  |  2 +-
> > >  arch/mips/lib/ashldi3.c | 30 ------------------------------
> > >  arch/mips/lib/ashrdi3.c | 32 --------------------------------
> > >  arch/mips/lib/cmpdi2.c  | 28 ----------------------------
> > >  arch/mips/lib/lshrdi3.c | 30 ------------------------------
> > >  arch/mips/lib/ucmpdi2.c | 22 ----------------------
> > >  7 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 143 deletions(-)
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/ashldi3.c
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/ashrdi3.c
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/cmpdi2.c
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/lshrdi3.c
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/lib/ucmpdi2.c
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > index 350a990fc719..9cd49ee848c6 100644
> > > --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > > @@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ config MIPS
> > >  	select RTC_LIB if !MACH_LOONGSON64
> > >  	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
> > >  	select VIRT_TO_BUS
> > > +	select GENERIC_ASHLDI3
> > > +	select GENERIC_ASHRDI3
> > > +	select GENERIC_LSHRDI3
> > > +	select GENERIC_CMPDI2
> > > +	select GENERIC_UCMPDI2
> > 
> > Please preserve alphabetical order
> 
> Ok, I'll fix order in v2 patch.
> 
> > > --- a/arch/mips/lib/ucmpdi2.c
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
> > > -// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > > -#include <linux/export.h>
> > > -
> > > -#include "libgcc.h"
> > > -
> > > -word_type notrace __ucmpdi2(unsigned long long a, unsigned long long b)
> > 
> > The version of __ucmpdi2 in /lib/ is not marked notrace. We have seen
> > issues before with compiler intrinsics not being marked notrace - see
> > aedcfbe06558 ("MIPS: lib: Mark intrinsics notrace")
> > 
> > Please ensure that the /lib/ version is equivalent before switching to
> > that version.
> 
> Good shot! I have missed this 'notrace'.
> 
> lib/ucmpdi2.c differ from other GCC library routines files from lib
> related to my patch (ashldi3.c, ashrdi3.c, cmpdi2.c, lshrdi3.c):
> only lib/ucmpdi2.c has no 'notrace' flag. In other details the files
> look equivalent. The files arch/mips/lib/libgcc.h and include/linux/libgcc.h
> have no fundamental differences.
> 
> to Palmer:
> Can we add notrace to lib/ucmpdi2.c?

FWIW, with both matt's comments addressed:
Reviewed-by: James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>

Cheers
James

> It looks like that nobody (even RISC-V code)
> uses GENERIC_CMPDI2 and GENERIC_UCMPDI2. Why?
> Do you use them in your local branches?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>   Antony Pavlov
> 

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