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Date:   Mon, 18 May 2020 15:28:50 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] x86/percpu: Clean up percpu_cmpxchg_op()

On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:29 AM Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The core percpu macros already have a switch on the data size, so the switch
> in the x86 code is redundant and produces more dead code.
>
> Also use appropriate types for the width of the instructions.  This avoids
> errors when compiling with Clang.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 58 +++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> index 3c95ab3c99cd..b61d4fc5568e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> @@ -236,39 +236,17 @@ do {                                                                      \
>   * cmpxchg has no such implied lock semantics as a result it is much
>   * more efficient for cpu local operations.
>   */
> -#define percpu_cmpxchg_op(qual, var, oval, nval)                       \
> +#define percpu_cmpxchg_op(size, qual, _var, _oval, _nval)              \
>  ({                                                                     \
> -       typeof(var) pco_ret__;                                          \
> -       typeof(var) pco_old__ = (oval);                                 \
> -       typeof(var) pco_new__ = (nval);                                 \
> -       switch (sizeof(var)) {                                          \
> -       case 1:                                                         \
> -               asm qual ("cmpxchgb %2, "__percpu_arg(1)                \
> -                           : "=a" (pco_ret__), "+m" (var)              \
> -                           : "q" (pco_new__), "0" (pco_old__)          \
> -                           : "memory");                                \
> -               break;                                                  \
> -       case 2:                                                         \
> -               asm qual ("cmpxchgw %2, "__percpu_arg(1)                \
> -                           : "=a" (pco_ret__), "+m" (var)              \
> -                           : "r" (pco_new__), "0" (pco_old__)          \
> -                           : "memory");                                \
> -               break;                                                  \
> -       case 4:                                                         \
> -               asm qual ("cmpxchgl %2, "__percpu_arg(1)                \
> -                           : "=a" (pco_ret__), "+m" (var)              \
> -                           : "r" (pco_new__), "0" (pco_old__)          \
> -                           : "memory");                                \
> -               break;                                                  \
> -       case 8:                                                         \
> -               asm qual ("cmpxchgq %2, "__percpu_arg(1)                \
> -                           : "=a" (pco_ret__), "+m" (var)              \
> -                           : "r" (pco_new__), "0" (pco_old__)          \
> -                           : "memory");                                \
> -               break;                                                  \
> -       default: __bad_percpu_size();                                   \
> -       }                                                               \
> -       pco_ret__;                                                      \
> +       __pcpu_type_##size pco_old__ = __pcpu_cast_##size(_oval);       \
> +       __pcpu_type_##size pco_new__ = __pcpu_cast_##size(_nval);       \
> +       asm qual (__pcpu_op2_##size("cmpxchg", "%[nval]",               \
> +                                   __percpu_arg([var]))                \
> +                 : [oval] "+a" (pco_old__),                            \
> +                   [var] "+m" (_var)                                   \
> +                 : [nval] __pcpu_reg_##size(, pco_new__)               \

Looks like we're no longer using "=a" and "0" constraints.  Looking
these up for reference for other reviewers:

"0" [0]:
Input constraints can also be digits (for example, "0"). This
indicates that the specified input must be in the same place as the
output constraint at the (zero-based) index in the output constraint
list. When using asmSymbolicName syntax for the output operands, you
may use these names (enclosed in brackets ‘[]’) instead of digits.
[0] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Extended-Asm.html#Extended-Asm

"+" [1]:
Means that this operand is both read and written by the instruction.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Modifiers.html#Modifiers

"=" [1]:
Means that this operand is written to by this instruction: the
previous value is discarded and replaced by new data.

So this looks like a nice simplification.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

> +                 : "memory");                                          \
> +       (typeof(_var))(unsigned long) pco_old__;                        \
>  })
>
>  /*
> @@ -336,16 +314,16 @@ do {                                                                      \
>  #define raw_cpu_add_return_1(pcp, val)         percpu_add_return_op(1, , pcp, val)
>  #define raw_cpu_add_return_2(pcp, val)         percpu_add_return_op(2, , pcp, val)
>  #define raw_cpu_add_return_4(pcp, val)         percpu_add_return_op(4, , pcp, val)
> -#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_1(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(, pcp, oval, nval)
> -#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_2(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(, pcp, oval, nval)
> -#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_4(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_1(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(1, , pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_2(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(2, , pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_4(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(4, , pcp, oval, nval)
>
>  #define this_cpu_add_return_1(pcp, val)                percpu_add_return_op(1, volatile, pcp, val)
>  #define this_cpu_add_return_2(pcp, val)                percpu_add_return_op(2, volatile, pcp, val)
>  #define this_cpu_add_return_4(pcp, val)                percpu_add_return_op(4, volatile, pcp, val)
> -#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_1(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> -#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_2(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> -#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_4(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_1(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(1, volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_2(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(2, volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_4(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(4, volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64
>  #define percpu_cmpxchg8b_double(pcp1, pcp2, o1, o2, n1, n2)            \
> @@ -376,7 +354,7 @@ do {                                                                        \
>  #define raw_cpu_or_8(pcp, val)                 percpu_to_op(8, , "or", (pcp), val)
>  #define raw_cpu_add_return_8(pcp, val)         percpu_add_return_op(8, , pcp, val)
>  #define raw_cpu_xchg_8(pcp, nval)              raw_percpu_xchg_op(pcp, nval)
> -#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_8(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define raw_cpu_cmpxchg_8(pcp, oval, nval)     percpu_cmpxchg_op(8, , pcp, oval, nval)
>
>  #define this_cpu_read_8(pcp)                   percpu_from_op(8, volatile, "mov", pcp)
>  #define this_cpu_write_8(pcp, val)             percpu_to_op(8, volatile, "mov", (pcp), val)
> @@ -385,7 +363,7 @@ do {                                                                        \
>  #define this_cpu_or_8(pcp, val)                        percpu_to_op(8, volatile, "or", (pcp), val)
>  #define this_cpu_add_return_8(pcp, val)                percpu_add_return_op(8, volatile, pcp, val)
>  #define this_cpu_xchg_8(pcp, nval)             percpu_xchg_op(8, volatile, pcp, nval)
> -#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_8(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
> +#define this_cpu_cmpxchg_8(pcp, oval, nval)    percpu_cmpxchg_op(8, volatile, pcp, oval, nval)
>
>  /*
>   * Pretty complex macro to generate cmpxchg16 instruction.  The instruction
> --
> 2.25.4
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

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