[PATCH v2 2/2] io: prevent compiler reordering on the default readX() implementation

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Apr 4 08:55:37 PDT 2018


On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Sinan Kaya <okaya at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> On 4/3/2018 6:29 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>>
>
> Are we looking for something like this?

Yes, exactly, plus the same for write and in/out of course.

> diff --git a/inc
>  #ifndef readb
>  #define readb readb
> -static inline u8 readb(const volatile void __iomem *addr)
> -{
> -       return __raw_readb(addr);
> -}
> +#define readb(c)                               \
> +       ({ u8  __v;                             \
> +        __io_br();                             \
> +        __v = __raw_readb(c);                  \
> +        __io_ar();                             \
> +        __v; })
>  #endif

I would prefer leaving these as inline functions, but that's only
a cosmetic difference.

       Arnd



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