linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/16] powerpc: override __ALIGN() and __ALIGN

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Message-Id: <20220829055223.24767-3-sv@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:22:09 +0530
From:   Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     jpoimboe@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aik@...abs.ru, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        mingo@...hat.com, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mbenes@...e.cz, npiggin@...il.com, chenzhongjin@...wei.com,
        naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, sv@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/16] powerpc: override __ALIGN() and __ALIGN_STR() macros

Powerpc instructions must be word-aligned. Currently,
there is an alignment of 16 bytes (by default), and it is
much more than what is required for powerpc (4 bytes).

The default expansion of __ALIGN() macro is:
#define __ALIGN       .align 4,0x90

Since Powerpc Linux does not require a 16 byte alignment,
override __ALIGN() and __ALIGN_STR() macros to use required
4 byte alignment.

Signed-off-by: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/linkage.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/linkage.h
index b71b9582e754..8df88fe61438 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/linkage.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/linkage.h
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_LINKAGE_H
 #define _ASM_POWERPC_LINKAGE_H
 
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
+#define __ALIGN			.align 2
+#define __ALIGN_STR		__stringify(__ALIGN)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_ELF_ABI_V1
 #define cond_syscall(x) \
 	asm ("\t.weak " #x "\n\t.set " #x ", sys_ni_syscall\n"		\
-- 
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