[PATCH v5 1/6] riscv: asm: alternative-macros: Introduce ALTERNATIVE_3() macro
Lad, Prabhakar
prabhakar.csengg at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 03:15:17 PST 2022
Hi Conor,
Thank you for the review.
On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 9:41 PM Conor Dooley <conor at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:55:00AM +0000, Prabhakar wrote:
> > From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj at bp.renesas.com>
> >
> > Introduce ALTERNATIVE_3() macro.
> >
> > A vendor wants to replace an old_content, but another vendor has used
> > ALTERNATIVE_2() to patch its customized content at the same location.
> > In this case, this vendor can use macro ALTERNATIVE_3() and then replace
> > ALTERNATIVE_2() with ALTERNATIVE_3() to append its customized content.
> >
> > While at it update comment above ALTERNATIVE_2() macro and make it generic
> > so that the comment holds good for any new addition of ALTERNATIVE_X()
> > macros.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj at bp.renesas.com>
> > ---
> > v4->v5
> > * Rebased the patch on top of Andrew's series (now in Palmers for next-branch)
> > * Updated comment for ALTERNATIVE_x() as suggested by Heiko
> >
> > RFC v3 -> v4
> > * New patch
> > ---
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> > index 7226e2462584..a5b4691520da 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> > @@ -50,8 +50,17 @@
> > ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2, \new_c_2
> > .endm
> >
> > +.macro ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> > + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, \
> > + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3
> > + ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 \old_c, \new_c_1, \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1, \
> > + \new_c_2, \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2
> > + ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_3, \errata_id_3, \enable_3, \new_c_3
> > +.endm
> > +
> > #define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG __VA_ARGS__
> > #define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 __VA_ARGS__
> > +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3 __VA_ARGS__
> >
> > #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
> >
> > @@ -98,6 +107,13 @@
> > __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1) \
> > ALT_NEW_CONTENT(vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, new_c_2)
> >
> > +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> > + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, \
> > + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3) \
> > + __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> > + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2) \
> > + ALT_NEW_CONTENT(vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3, new_c_3)
> > +
> > #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> >
> > #define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> > @@ -108,6 +124,13 @@
> > __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
> > new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2))
> >
> > +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> > + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2, \
> > + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, CONFIG_k_3) \
> > + __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
> > + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2), \
> > + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_3))
> > +
> > #else /* CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE */
> > #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
> >
> > @@ -152,15 +175,28 @@
> > _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_content, new_content, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k)
> >
> > /*
> > - * A vendor wants to replace an old_content, but another vendor has used
> > - * ALTERNATIVE() to patch its customized content at the same location. In
> > - * this case, this vendor can create a new macro ALTERNATIVE_2() based
> > - * on the following sample code and then replace ALTERNATIVE() with
> > - * ALTERNATIVE_2() to append its customized content.
> > + * ALTERNATIVE_x macros allow providing multiple replacement options
> > + * for an ALTERNATIVE code section. This is helpful if multiple
> > + * implementation variants for the same functionality exist for
> > + * different cpu cores.
>
> I think this last sentence should be:
> "This is helpful if multiple implementation variants exist for the same
> functionality."
> I don't think CPU cores is the right level of "granularity".
>
Ok, I'll update it as above.
> > + *
> > + * Usage:
> > + * ALTERNATIVE_x(old_content,
> > + * new_content1, vendor_id1, errata_id1, CONFIG_k1,
> > + * new_content2, vendor_id2, errata_id2, CONFIG_k2,
> > + * ...
> > + * new_contentx, vendor_idx, errata_idx, CONFIG_kx)
> > */
> > #define ALTERNATIVE_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> > new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2) \
> > _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> > new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2)
> >
> > +#define ALTERNATIVE_3(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> > + new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2, \
> > + new_content_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, CONFIG_k_3) \
> > + _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_content, new_content_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> > + new_content_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2, \
> > + new_content_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, CONFIG_k_3)
>
> btw, why is this indented with spaces when the line above it is indented
> with tabs? (At least, that is how it appears in mutt).
>
I'll update it with spaces.
> With those minor bits & the suggested fixes from Drew/Geert:
> Reviewed-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley at microchip.com>
>
Cheers,
Prabhakar
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