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Date:   Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:50:44 -0700
From:   hpa@...or.com
To:     Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@...omium.org>,
        Tiancong Wang <tcwang@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Hines <srhines@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: Add shared copy of __lshrti3 from libgcc

On March 18, 2019 2:31:13 PM PDT, Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 01:54:50PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
>> The compiler may emit calls to __lshrti3 from the compiler runtime
>> library, which results in undefined references:
>> 
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.o: In function `mul_u64_u64_shr':
>>   include/linux/math64.h:186: undefined reference to `__lshrti3'
>> 
>> Add a copy of the __lshrti3 libgcc routine (from gcc v4.9.2).
>> 
>> Include the function for x86 builds with clang, which is the
>> environment where the above error was observed.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>
>
>With "Revert "kbuild: use -Oz instead of -Os when using clang"
>(https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1051932/) the above
>error is fixed, a few comments inline for if the patch is
>resurrected in the future because __lshrti3 is emitted in a
>different context.
>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/libgcc.h b/include/linux/libgcc.h
>> index 32e1e0f4b2d0..a71036471838 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/libgcc.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/libgcc.h
>> @@ -22,15 +22,26 @@
>>  #include <asm/byteorder.h>
>> 
>>  typedef int word_type __attribute__ ((mode (__word__)));
>> +typedef int TItype __attribute__ ((mode (TI)));
>
>Consider using __int128 instead. Definition and use need a
>'defined(__SIZEOF_INT128__)' guard  (similar for mode (TI)), since
>these 128 bit types aren't supported on all platforms.
>
>>  #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
>>  struct DWstruct {
>>  	int high, low;
>>  };
>> +
>> +struct DWstruct128 {
>> +	long long high, low;
>> +};
>
>This struct isn't needed, struct DWstruct can be used.
>
>> diff --git a/lib/lshrti3.c b/lib/lshrti3.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..2d2123bb3030
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/lib/lshrti3.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
>> +#include <linux/export.h>
>> +#include <linux/libgcc.h>
>> +
>> +long long __lshrti3(long long u, word_type b)
>
>use TItype for input/output, which is what gcc does, though the above
>matches the interface in the documentation.
>
>> +{
>> +	DWunion128 uu, w;
>> +	word_type bm;
>> +
>> +	if (b == 0)
>> +		return u;
>> +
>> +	uu.ll = u;
>> +	bm = 64 - b;
>> +
>> +	if (bm <= 0) {
>> +		w.s.high = 0;
>> +		w.s.low = (unsigned long long) uu.s.high >> -bm;
>
>include <linux/types.h> and use u64 instead of unsigned long long.

Ok, now I'm really puzzled.

How could we need a 128-bit shift when the prototype only has 64 bits of input?!

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