linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.15 00/78] 5.15.55-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <YtBQutgSh2j3mFNB@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:22:02 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Boris Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15 00/78] 5.15.55-rc1 review

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 10:02:57AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I like Peter's more obvious use of FASTYOP_LENGTH, but this is just disgusting:
> 
>     #define FASTOP_SIZE (8 << ((FASTOP_LENGTH > 8) & 1) <<
> ((FASTOP_LENGTH > 16) & 1))
> 
> I mean, I understand what it's doing, but just two lines above it the
> code has a "ilog2()" use that already depends on the fact that you can
> use ilog2() as a constant compile-time expression.
> 
> And guess what? The code could just use roundup_pow_of_two(), which is
> designed exactly like ilog2() to be used for compile-time constant
> values.

But NR_FASTOP isn't used in ASM.

> So the code should just use
> 
>     #define FASTOP_SIZE roundup_pow_of_two(FASTOP_LENGTH)
> 
> and be a lot more legible, wouldn't it?

If only :/ FASTOP_SIZE is used in ASM, which means we've got to play by
GNU-as rules, and them are aweful.