Using macros for inline assembly improves both readability and
compilation decisions that are distorted by big assembly blocks that use
alternative sections. Compile macros.S and use it to assemble all C
files. Currently, only x86 will use it.
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 9 +++++++--
arch/x86/Makefile | 11 +++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/macros.S | 7 +++++++
scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +++-
scripts/mod/Makefile | 2 ++
5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a3c4548162b..39d790e74e0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
# version.h and scripts_basic is processed / created.
# Listed in dependency order
-PHONY += prepare archprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
+PHONY += prepare archprepare macroprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
# prepare3 is used to check if we are building in a separate output directory,
# and if so do:
@@ -1075,7 +1075,9 @@ prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) include/generated/utsrelease.h \
include/config/auto.conf
$(cmd_crmodverdir)
-archprepare: archheaders archscripts prepare1 scripts_basic
+macroprepare: prepare1 archmacros
+
+archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts_basic
prepare0: archprepare gcc-plugins
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
@@ -1143,6 +1145,9 @@ archheaders:
PHONY += archscripts
archscripts:
+PHONY += archmacros
+archmacros:
+
PHONY += __headers
__headers: $(version_h) scripts_basic uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts build_unifdef
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index a08e82856563..a4b90ac1629b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -z max-page-size=0x200000)
endif
-# Speed up the build
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
+# We cannot use -pipe flag since we give an additional .s file to the compiler
+#KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
# Workaround for a gcc prelease that unfortunately was shipped in a suse release
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare
#
@@ -258,6 +258,13 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
archheaders:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/syscalls all
+archmacros:
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/kernel arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
+
+ASM_MACRO_FLAGS = -Wa,arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
+export ASM_MACRO_FLAGS
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+
###
# Kernel objects
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfc1c7d1a6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+/*
+ * This file includes headers whose assembly part includes macros which are
+ * commonly used. The macros are precompiled into assmebly file which is later
+ * assembled together with each compiled file.
+ */
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 86321f06461e..d7b7aadb6cd8 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ __cc-option = $(call try-run,\
# Do not attempt to build with gcc plugins during cc-option tests.
# (And this uses delayed resolution so the flags will be up to date.)
-CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
+# In addition, do not include the asm macros which are built later.
+CC_OPTION_FILTERED = $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(CC_OPTION_FILTERED),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
# cc-option
# Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index 42c5d50f2bcc..a5b4af47987a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
hostprogs-y := modpost mk_elfconfig
always := $(hostprogs-y) empty.o
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_empty.o := $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+
modpost-objs := modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o
devicetable-offsets-file := devicetable-offsets.h
--
2.17.1
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