[PATCH 2/4] xor: arm/arm64: Move NEON xor_gen() dispatch into the glue code

Ard Biesheuvel ardb+git at google.com
Thu Oct 29 06:50:22 PDT 2026


From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>

The NEON intrinsics code in xor-neon.c and arm64/xor-eor3.c includes xor_impl.h
for the definition of __DO_XOR_BLOCKS(), which pulls in <linux/types.h> via
<linux/init.h> and <linux/minmax.h>. This only works because
asm/neon-intrinsics.h overrides the compiler's predefined macros that
<stdint.h> uses to define the C99 types, so that they match the kernel's
definitions in <linux/types.h>.

So instead, follow the approach taken by LoongArch, and instantiate the
dispatch routines using DO_XOR_BLOCKS() in the glue code, which already
includes the kernel headers, and does not use NEON intrinsics itself.  This
requires the NEON routines that handle a fixed number of sources to be exposed
to the glue code, which means that the arm64 glue code can use __xor_neon_2()
directly for the EOR3 flavor as well, and so the __xor_eor3_2() alias can be
dropped.

This makes the NEON intrinsics code independent of the kernel's own headers,
which will allow the macro overrides in asm/neon-intrinsics.h to be removed.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
---
 lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon-glue.c   |  3 ++
 lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon.h        | 16 ++++++++--
 lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-eor3.c      | 15 ++--------
 lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon-glue.c |  5 ++++
 lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon.h      | 31 +++++++++++++++++---
 lib/raid/xor/xor-neon.c            | 16 +++-------
 6 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon-glue.c b/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon-glue.c
index cea39e019904..783474bfe81e 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon-glue.c
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon-glue.c
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include "xor_impl.h"
 #include "xor_arch.h"
 
+DO_XOR_BLOCKS(neon_inner, __xor_neon_2, __xor_neon_3, __xor_neon_4,
+		__xor_neon_5);
+
 static void xor_gen_neon(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt,
 		unsigned int bytes)
 {
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon.h b/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon.h
index 406e0356f05b..5592dec4de50 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon.h
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/arm/xor-neon.h
@@ -3,5 +3,17 @@
 extern struct xor_block_template xor_block_arm4regs;
 extern struct xor_block_template xor_block_neon;
 
-void xor_gen_neon_inner(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt,
-		unsigned int bytes);
+void __xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2);
+void __xor_neon_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3);
+void __xor_neon_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4);
+void __xor_neon_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p5);
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-eor3.c b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-eor3.c
index e44016c363f1..41bb577b63eb 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-eor3.c
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-eor3.c
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-#include <linux/cache.h>
 #include <asm/neon-intrinsics.h>
-#include "xor_impl.h"
-#include "xor_arch.h"
 #include "xor-neon.h"
 
-extern void __xor_eor3_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
-		const unsigned long * __restrict p2);
-
 static inline uint64x2_t eor3(uint64x2_t p, uint64x2_t q, uint64x2_t r)
 {
 	uint64x2_t res;
@@ -19,7 +13,7 @@ static inline uint64x2_t eor3(uint64x2_t p, uint64x2_t q, uint64x2_t r)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static void __xor_eor3_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_eor3_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3)
 {
@@ -53,7 +47,7 @@ static void __xor_eor3_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
 
-static void __xor_eor3_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_eor3_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p4)
@@ -96,7 +90,7 @@ static void __xor_eor3_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
 
-static void __xor_eor3_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_eor3_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p4,
@@ -141,6 +135,3 @@ static void __xor_eor3_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		dp5 += 8;
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
-
-__DO_XOR_BLOCKS(eor3_inner, __xor_eor3_2, __xor_eor3_3, __xor_eor3_4,
-		__xor_eor3_5);
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon-glue.c b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon-glue.c
index f0284f86feb4..ae133d699649 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon-glue.c
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon-glue.c
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 #include "xor_arch.h"
 #include "xor-neon.h"
 
+DO_XOR_BLOCKS(neon_inner, __xor_neon_2, __xor_neon_3, __xor_neon_4,
+		__xor_neon_5);
+DO_XOR_BLOCKS(eor3_inner, __xor_neon_2, __xor_eor3_3, __xor_eor3_4,
+		__xor_eor3_5);
+
 #define XOR_TEMPLATE(_name)						\
 static void xor_gen_##_name(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt, \
 		unsigned int bytes)					\
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon.h b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon.h
index 514699ba8f5f..7d7fb96343df 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon.h
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/arm64/xor-neon.h
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 
-void xor_gen_neon_inner(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt,
-		unsigned int bytes);
-void xor_gen_eor3_inner(void *dest, void **srcs, unsigned int src_cnt,
-		unsigned int bytes);
+void __xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2);
+void __xor_neon_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3);
+void __xor_neon_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4);
+void __xor_neon_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p5);
+
+void __xor_eor3_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3);
+void __xor_eor3_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4);
+void __xor_eor3_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p4,
+		const unsigned long * __restrict p5);
diff --git a/lib/raid/xor/xor-neon.c b/lib/raid/xor/xor-neon.c
index c7c3cf634e23..6b2fd14f5041 100644
--- a/lib/raid/xor/xor-neon.c
+++ b/lib/raid/xor/xor-neon.c
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2018,Tianjin KYLIN Information Technology Co., Ltd.
  */
 
-#include "xor_impl.h"
 #include "xor-neon.h"
 
 #include <asm/neon-intrinsics.h>
 
-static void __xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2)
 {
 	uint64_t *dp1 = (uint64_t *)p1;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ static void __xor_neon_2(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
 
-static void __xor_neon_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_neon_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3)
 {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ static void __xor_neon_3(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
 
-static void __xor_neon_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_neon_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p4)
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ static void __xor_neon_4(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
 
-static void __xor_neon_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
+void __xor_neon_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p2,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p3,
 		const unsigned long * __restrict p4,
@@ -170,10 +169,3 @@ static void __xor_neon_5(unsigned long bytes, unsigned long * __restrict p1,
 		dp5 += 8;
 	} while (--lines > 0);
 }
-
-__DO_XOR_BLOCKS(neon_inner, __xor_neon_2, __xor_neon_3, __xor_neon_4,
-		__xor_neon_5);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
-extern typeof(__xor_neon_2) __xor_eor3_2 __alias(__xor_neon_2);
-#endif
-- 
2.56.0.313.g2479322e68-goog




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