[RFC PATCH v2 5/7] s390/runtime-const: Introduce runtime_const_mask_32()

Heiko Carstens hca at linux.ibm.com
Mon Mar 16 12:19:58 PDT 2026


On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 05:23:59AM +0000, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
> Futex hash computation requires a mask operation with read-only after
> init data that will be converted to a runtime constant in the subsequent
> commit.
> 
> Introduce runtime_const_mask_32 to further optimize the mask operation
> in the futex hash computation hot path.
> 
> GCC generates a:
> 
>   nilf %r1,<imm32>
> 
> to tackle arbitrary 32-bit masks and the same is implemented here.
> Immediate patching pattern for __runtime_fixup_mask() has been adopted
> from __runtime_fixup_ptr().
> 
> Signed-off-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak at amd.com>
> ---
>  arch/s390/include/asm/runtime-const.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

...

> +#define runtime_const_mask_32(val, sym)				\
> +({								\
> +	unsigned int __ret = (val);				\
> +								\
> +	asm_inline(						\
> +		"0:	nilf	%[__ret],12\n"			\
> +		".pushsection runtime_mask_" #sym ",\"a\"\n"	\
> +		".long 0b - .\n"				\
> +		".popsection"					\
> +		: [__ret] "+d" (__ret));			\
> +	__ret;							\
> +})

The nilf instruction changes the condition code and this must be reflected in
the clobber list. Besides that I would also appreciate if you would move the
existing comment above __runtime_fixup_32().

Or in other words, if you merge the patch below into this one feel free to
add:

Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca at linux.ibm.com>

diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/runtime-const.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/runtime-const.h
index c0f0d59066e2..7b71156031ec 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/runtime-const.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/runtime-const.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 		".pushsection runtime_mask_" #sym ",\"a\"\n"	\
 		".long 0b - .\n"				\
 		".popsection"					\
-		: [__ret] "+d" (__ret));			\
+		: [__ret] "+d" (__ret)				\
+		: : "cc");					\
 	__ret;							\
 })
 
@@ -56,12 +57,12 @@
 			    __stop_runtime_##type##_##sym);	\
 } while (0)
 
-/* 32-bit immediate for iihf and iilf in bits in I2 field */
 static inline void __runtime_fixup_32(u32 *p, unsigned int val)
 {
 	s390_kernel_write(p, &val, sizeof(val));
 }
 
+/* 32-bit immediate for iihf and iilf in bits in I2 field */
 static inline void __runtime_fixup_ptr(void *where, unsigned long val)
 {
 	__runtime_fixup_32(where + 2, val >> 32);



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