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Message-ID: <3B824A03-AB76-4B34-B1CA-F27C0F1B0575@vmware.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 06:18:33 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 02/10] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline
 asm

From: hpa@...or.com
Sent: November 7, 2018 at 9:50:28 PM GMT
> To: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>, Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.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@...tatee.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.

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