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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:13:33 +0000
From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To: 'Guo Ren' <guoren@...nel.org>,
Celeste Liu <coelacanthushex@...il.com>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
CC: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v3] riscv: entry: set a0 = -ENOSYS only when syscall != -1
...
> > + /*
> > + * Convert negative numbers to very high and thus out of range
> > + * numbers for comparisons.
> > + */
> > ulong syscall = regs->a7;
> >
> > regs->epc += 4;
> > @@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible __trap_section void do_trap_ecall_u(struct pt_regs *regs)
> >
> > if (syscall < NR_syscalls)
If you leave 'syscall' signed and write:
if (syscall >= 0 && syscall < NR_syscalls)
the compiler will use a single unsigned compare.
There is no need to 'optimise' it yourself.
David
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