linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (dell-smm) Improve assembly code

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Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:03:15 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Guenter Roeck' <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        'Armin Wolf' <W_Armin@....de>,
        "pali@...nel.org" <pali@...nel.org>
CC:     "jdelvare@...e.com" <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        "linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-assembly@...r.kernel.org" <linux-assembly@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (dell-smm) Improve assembly code

From: Guenter Roeck
> Sent: 20 February 2022 15:30
> 
> On 2/20/22 04:20, David Laight wrote:
> > From: Armin Wolf
> >> Sent: 19 February 2022 21:10
> >>
> >> The new assembly code works on both 32 bit and 64 bit
> >> cpus and allows for more compiler optimisations by not
> >> requiring smm_regs to be packed. Also since the
> >> SMM handler seems to modify the carry flag, the new
> >> code informs the compiler that the flags register
> >> needs to be saved/restored. Since clang runs out of
> >> registers on 32 bit x86 when using CC_OUT, we need
> >> to execute "setc" ourself.
> >
> > You always need to save anything from the flags register
> > inside the asm block - it is never valit afterwards.
> >
> 
> Does that matter here ? I thought setcc is used to get the carry flag.

The code is ok, just the comment is not really right.

	David

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