This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ARM: 8723/2: always assume the "unified" syntax for assembly code
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
arm-8723-2-always-assume-the-unified-syntax-for-assembly-code.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 75fea300d73ae5b18957949a53ec770daaeb6fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:52:52 +0100
Subject: ARM: 8723/2: always assume the "unified" syntax for assembly code
From: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 75fea300d73ae5b18957949a53ec770daaeb6fc2 upstream.
The GNU assembler has implemented the "unified syntax" parsing since
2005. This "unified" syntax is required when the kernel is built in
Thumb2 mode. However the "unified" syntax is a mixed bag of features,
including not requiring a `#' prefix with immediate operands. This leads
to situations where some code builds just fine in Thumb2 mode and fails
to build in ARM mode if that prefix is missing. This behavior
discrepancy makes build tests less valuable, forcing both ARM and Thumb2
builds for proper coverage.
Let's "fix" this issue by always using the "unified" syntax for both ARM
and Thumb2 mode. Given that the documented minimum binutils version that
properly builds the kernel is version 2.20 released in 2010, we can
assume that any toolchain capable of building the latest kernel is also
"unified syntax" capable.
Whith this, a bunch of macros used to mask some differences between both
syntaxes can be removed, with the side effect of making LTO easier.
Suggested-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[nathan: Resolve small conflict on 4.9 due to a lack of 494609701e06a]
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 7 ---
arch/arm/Makefile | 6 ++-
arch/arm/include/asm/unified.h | 77 +----------------------------------------
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1546,12 +1546,10 @@ config THUMB2_KERNEL
depends on (CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M) && !CPU_V6 && !CPU_V6K
default y if CPU_THUMBONLY
select AEABI
- select ARM_ASM_UNIFIED
select ARM_UNWIND
help
By enabling this option, the kernel will be compiled in
- Thumb-2 mode. A compiler/assembler that understand the unified
- ARM-Thumb syntax is needed.
+ Thumb-2 mode.
If unsure, say N.
@@ -1586,9 +1584,6 @@ config THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11
Unless you are sure your tools don't have this problem, say Y.
-config ARM_ASM_UNIFIED
- bool
-
config ARM_PATCH_IDIV
bool "Runtime patch udiv/sdiv instructions into __aeabi_{u}idiv()"
depends on CPU_32v7 && !XIP_KERNEL
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND),y)
CFLAGS_ABI +=-funwind-tables
endif
+# Accept old syntax despite ".syntax unified"
+AFLAGS_NOWARN :=$(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-warn-deprecated,-Wa$(comma)-W)
+
ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL),y)
AFLAGS_AUTOIT :=$(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mimplicit-it=always,-Wa$(comma)-mauto-it)
-AFLAGS_NOWARN :=$(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-warn-deprecated,-Wa$(comma)-W)
CFLAGS_ISA :=-mthumb $(AFLAGS_AUTOIT) $(AFLAGS_NOWARN)
AFLAGS_ISA :=$(CFLAGS_ISA) -Wa$(comma)-mthumb
# Work around buggy relocation from gas if requested:
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JU
CFLAGS_MODULE +=-fno-optimize-sibling-calls
endif
else
-CFLAGS_ISA :=$(call cc-option,-marm,)
+CFLAGS_ISA :=$(call cc-option,-marm,) $(AFLAGS_NOWARN)
AFLAGS_ISA :=$(CFLAGS_ISA)
endif
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unified.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unified.h
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
#ifndef __ASM_UNIFIED_H
#define __ASM_UNIFIED_H
-#if defined(__ASSEMBLY__) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ASM_UNIFIED)
+#if defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
.syntax unified
+#else
+__asm__(".syntax unified");
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7M
@@ -64,77 +66,4 @@
#endif /* CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL */
-#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_ASM_UNIFIED
-
-/*
- * If the unified assembly syntax isn't used (in ARM mode), these
- * macros expand to an empty string
- */
-#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
- .macro it, cond
- .endm
- .macro itt, cond
- .endm
- .macro ite, cond
- .endm
- .macro ittt, cond
- .endm
- .macro itte, cond
- .endm
- .macro itet, cond
- .endm
- .macro itee, cond
- .endm
- .macro itttt, cond
- .endm
- .macro ittte, cond
- .endm
- .macro ittet, cond
- .endm
- .macro ittee, cond
- .endm
- .macro itett, cond
- .endm
- .macro itete, cond
- .endm
- .macro iteet, cond
- .endm
- .macro iteee, cond
- .endm
-#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
-__asm__(
-" .macro it, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itt, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro ite, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro ittt, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itte, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itet, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itee, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itttt, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro ittte, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro ittet, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro ittee, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itett, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro itete, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro iteet, cond\n"
-" .endm\n"
-" .macro iteee, cond\n"
-" .endm\n");
-#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_ARM_ASM_UNIFIED */
-
#endif /* !__ASM_UNIFIED_H */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from nicolas.pitre@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/arm-8723-2-always-assume-the-unified-syntax-for-assembly-code.patch
