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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 12:02:23 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-06-15 12:02:23 +0200
commit9cbc1cb8cd46ce1f7645b9de249b2ce8460129bb (patch)
tree8d104ec2a459346b99413b0b77421ca7b9936c1a /arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
parentpkt_sched: Rename PSCHED_US2NS and PSCHED_NS2US (diff)
parentMerge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kb... (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c net/core/drop_monitor.c net/core/net-traces.c
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index f6aa18eadf71..1a37bcdc8606 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
#include <asm/asm.h>
/*
@@ -74,6 +75,22 @@ static inline void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) {}
const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void);
+/* alternative assembly primitive: */
+#define ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
+ \
+ "661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
+ ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
+ _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
+ _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
+ _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
+ " .byte " __stringify(feature) "\n" /* feature bit */ \
+ " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
+ " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
+ ".previous\n" \
+ ".section .altinstr_replacement, \"ax\"\n" \
+ "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n" /* replacement */ \
+ ".previous"
+
/*
* Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities.
*
@@ -87,18 +104,7 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void);
* without volatile and memory clobber.
*/
#define alternative(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
- asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
- ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
- _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
- " .byte %c0\n" /* feature bit */ \
- " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
- " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
- ".previous\n" \
- ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n" \
- "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n" /* replacement */ \
- ".previous" :: "i" (feature) : "memory")
+ asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) : : : "memory")
/*
* Alternative inline assembly with input.
@@ -109,35 +115,16 @@ const unsigned char *const *find_nop_table(void);
* Best is to use constraints that are fixed size (like (%1) ... "r")
* If you use variable sized constraints like "m" or "g" in the
* replacement make sure to pad to the worst case length.
+ * Leaving an unused argument 0 to keep API compatibility.
*/
#define alternative_input(oldinstr, newinstr, feature, input...) \
- asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
- ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
- _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
- " .byte %c0\n" /* feature bit */ \
- " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
- " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
- ".previous\n" \
- ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n" \
- "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n" /* replacement */ \
- ".previous" :: "i" (feature), ##input)
+ asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
+ : : "i" (0), ## input)
/* Like alternative_input, but with a single output argument */
#define alternative_io(oldinstr, newinstr, feature, output, input...) \
- asm volatile ("661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
- ".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
- _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
- " .byte %c[feat]\n" /* feature bit */ \
- " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
- " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
- ".previous\n" \
- ".section .altinstr_replacement,\"ax\"\n" \
- "663:\n\t" newinstr "\n664:\n" /* replacement */ \
- ".previous" : output : [feat] "i" (feature), ##input)
+ asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE(oldinstr, newinstr, feature) \
+ : output : "i" (0), ## input)
/*
* use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter