OK, so this patch actually builds, and it sounds like it will do the job,
since "accum" means "hi and low", "lo" is already clobbered in all cases,
and either "hi" is the output and doesn't need clobbering (hunks 1, 2, and
4), or "hi" is already clobbered (hunk 3).
Regards,
Brad
diff -u -r1.1.1.1 time.c
--- arch/mips/kernel/time.c 10 Nov 2003 21:06:52 -0000 1.1.1.1
+++ arch/mips/kernel/time.c 13 Apr 2004 01:19:15 -0000
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
__asm__("multu %1,%2"
: "=h" (res)
: "r" (count), "r" (sll32_usecs_per_cycle)
- : "lo", "accum");
+ : "lo");
/*
* Due to possible jiffies inconsistencies, we need to check
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
__asm__("multu %1,%2"
: "=h" (res)
: "r" (count), "r" (quotient)
- : "lo", "accum");
+ : "lo");
/*
* Due to possible jiffies inconsistencies, we need to check
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
: "r" (timerhi), "m" (timerlo),
"r" (tmp), "r" (USECS_PER_JIFFY),
"r" (USECS_PER_JIFFY_FRAC)
- : "hi", "lo", "accum");
+ : "hi", "lo");
cached_quotient = quotient;
}
}
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
__asm__("multu %1,%2"
: "=h" (res)
: "r" (count), "r" (quotient)
- : "lo", "accum");
+ : "lo");
/*
* Due to possible jiffies inconsistencies, we need to check
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@laronde.org>
To: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <dan@debian.org>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>; "Eric Christopher" <echristo@redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.4 drops "accum" clobber, replace with "hi"
intime.c
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <dan@debian.org>
> To: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@laronde.org>
> Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>; "Eric Christopher" <echristo@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.4 drops "accum" clobber, replace with "hi"
> intime.c
>
>
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 09:05:34PM -0400, Bradley D. LaRonde wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Eric Christopher" <echristo@redhat.com>
> > > To: "Bradley D. LaRonde" <brad@laronde.org>
> > > Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc 3.4 drops "accum" clobber, replace with "hi"
> > > intime.c
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 17:53, Bradley D. LaRonde wrote:
> > > > > Uh oh, with this patch:
> > > > >
> > > > > ...
> > > > > time.c: In function `fixed_rate_gettimeoffset':
> > > > > time.c:242: error: can't find a register in class `HI_REG' while
> > > reloading
> > > > > `asm'
> > > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /*
> > > > > > * Due to possible jiffies inconsistencies, we need to
> check
> > > > > > @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
> > > > > > : "r" (timerhi), "m" (timerlo),
> > > > > > "r" (tmp), "r"
> (USECS_PER_JIFFY),
> > > > > > "r" (USECS_PER_JIFFY_FRAC)
> > > > > > - : "hi", "lo", "accum");
> > > > > > + : "hi", "lo", "hi");
> > > > > > cached_quotient = quotient;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Maybe this hunk where you use "hi" twice for the same asm statement?
> > >
> > > Yeah, that's messed up, but it fails here too:
> > >
> > > @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
> > > __asm__("multu %1,%2"
> > > : "=h" (res)
> > > : "r" (count), "r" (sll32_usecs_per_cycle)
> > > - : "lo", "accum");
> > > + : "lo", "hi");
> >
> > Because the asm is outputting something in HI - see the =h?
>
> Oh... yeah, I guess gcc knows that the output is clobbered. :-P
>
> So just remove the accum clobbers?
>
> Regards,
> Brad
>
>
>
