On 09/01/2020 17.50, Claudio Imbrenda wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 17:43:55 +0100 > Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 09/01/2020 17.16, Claudio Imbrenda wrote: >>> Add a wrapper for the SET PREFIX and STORE PREFIX instructions, and >>> use it instead of using inline assembly everywhere. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> lib/s390x/asm/arch_def.h | 10 ++++++++++ >>> s390x/intercept.c | 33 +++++++++++++-------------------- >>> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/lib/s390x/asm/arch_def.h b/lib/s390x/asm/arch_def.h >>> index 1a5e3c6..465fe0f 100644 >>> --- a/lib/s390x/asm/arch_def.h >>> +++ b/lib/s390x/asm/arch_def.h >>> @@ -284,4 +284,14 @@ static inline int servc(uint32_t command, >>> unsigned long sccb) return cc; >>> } >>> >>> +static inline void spx(uint32_t *new_prefix) >> >> Looking at this a second time ... why is new_prefix a pointer? A >> normal value should be sufficient here, shouldn't it? > > no. if you look at the code in the same patch, intercept.c at some > points needs to pass "wrong" pointers to spx and stpx in order to test > them, so this needs to be a pointer > > the instructions themselves expect pointers (base register + offset) Ah, you're right, that "Q" constraint always confuses me... I guess you could do it without pointers when using the "r" constraint, but it's likely better to do it the same way as stpx, so your patch should be fine. >>> +{ >>> + asm volatile("spx %0" : : "Q" (*new_prefix) : "memory"); >>> +} >>> + >>> +static inline void stpx(uint32_t *current_prefix) >>> +{ >>> + asm volatile("stpx %0" : "=Q" (*current_prefix)); >>> +} >>> + Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>