[RFC PATCH 02/10] arm64/lib: copy_page: avoid x18 register in assembler code

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Jul 12 07:44:15 PDT 2017


Register x18 will no longer be used as a caller save register in the
future, so stop using it in the copy_page() code.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S | 38 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
index 076c43715e64..ba84a992b362 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_page.S
@@ -45,45 +45,45 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	ldp	x14, x15, [x1, #96]
 	ldp	x16, x17, [x1, #112]
 
-	mov	x18, #(PAGE_SIZE - 128)
+	add	x0, x0, #256
 	add	x1, x1, #128
 1:
-	subs	x18, x18, #128
+	tst	x0, #(PAGE_SIZE - 1)
 
 alternative_if ARM64_HAS_NO_HW_PREFETCH
 	prfm	pldl1strm, [x1, #384]
 alternative_else_nop_endif
 
-	stnp	x2, x3, [x0]
+	stnp	x2, x3, [x0, #-256]
 	ldp	x2, x3, [x1]
-	stnp	x4, x5, [x0, #16]
+	stnp	x4, x5, [x0, #-240]
 	ldp	x4, x5, [x1, #16]
-	stnp	x6, x7, [x0, #32]
+	stnp	x6, x7, [x0, #-224]
 	ldp	x6, x7, [x1, #32]
-	stnp	x8, x9, [x0, #48]
+	stnp	x8, x9, [x0, #-208]
 	ldp	x8, x9, [x1, #48]
-	stnp	x10, x11, [x0, #64]
+	stnp	x10, x11, [x0, #-192]
 	ldp	x10, x11, [x1, #64]
-	stnp	x12, x13, [x0, #80]
+	stnp	x12, x13, [x0, #-176]
 	ldp	x12, x13, [x1, #80]
-	stnp	x14, x15, [x0, #96]
+	stnp	x14, x15, [x0, #-160]
 	ldp	x14, x15, [x1, #96]
-	stnp	x16, x17, [x0, #112]
+	stnp	x16, x17, [x0, #-144]
 	ldp	x16, x17, [x1, #112]
 
 	add	x0, x0, #128
 	add	x1, x1, #128
 
-	b.gt	1b
+	b.ne	1b
 
-	stnp	x2, x3, [x0]
-	stnp	x4, x5, [x0, #16]
-	stnp	x6, x7, [x0, #32]
-	stnp	x8, x9, [x0, #48]
-	stnp	x10, x11, [x0, #64]
-	stnp	x12, x13, [x0, #80]
-	stnp	x14, x15, [x0, #96]
-	stnp	x16, x17, [x0, #112]
+	stnp	x2, x3, [x0, #-256]
+	stnp	x4, x5, [x0, #-240]
+	stnp	x6, x7, [x0, #-224]
+	stnp	x8, x9, [x0, #-208]
+	stnp	x10, x11, [x0, #-192]
+	stnp	x12, x13, [x0, #-176]
+	stnp	x14, x15, [x0, #-160]
+	stnp	x16, x17, [x0, #-144]
 
 	ret
 ENDPROC(copy_page)
-- 
2.9.3




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