On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:20:55AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CP15 > > +/* Macro for setting/clearing bits in sctlr */ > > + .macro update_sctlr, set:req, clear:req, tmp:req, tmp2:req > > + mrc p15, 0, \tmp, c1, c0, 0 > > + ldr \tmp2, =\set > > + orr \tmp, \tmp, \tmp2 > > + ldr \tmp2, =\clear > > + mvn \tmp2, \tmp2 > > + and \tmp, \tmp, \tmp2 > > + mcr p15, 0, \tmp, c1, c0, 0 > > I think this would be cleaner if you force the caller to put set and clear > into registers beforehand, rather than have to do the literal load every > time. Also, I don't think set and clear should be required (and then you can > lose tmp2 as well). I can't figure out how to make register-parameters non-required (i.e. conditionalise on whether an optional parameter was provided), so my attempt of refactoring actually ends up using an additional register: #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CP15 /* Macro for setting/clearing bits in sctlr */ .macro update_sctlr, set:req, clear:req, tmp:req mrc p15, 0, \tmp, c1, c0, 0 orr \tmp, \set mvn \clear, \clear and \tmp, \tmp, \clear mcr p15, 0, \tmp, c1, c0, 0 .endm #endif If you think that's an improvement I can do that, and I have (just) enough registers to spare. If I'm being daft with my macro issues, do point it out. / Leif -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html