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| author | Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> | 2006-08-30 19:37:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-08-30 16:05:15 -0700 |
| commit | 841be8ddf92578e5b481ed9f9abb85649fc13238 (patch) | |
| tree | 55d2d25350eb15b6822d91b38a7cddd9c697b58f /include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h | |
| parent | ceee88223047749ad683d397b19904c3dfb6adeb (diff) | |
| download | linux-841be8ddf92578e5b481ed9f9abb85649fc13238.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] x86_64: Remove alternative_smp
The .fill causes miscompilations with some binutils version.
Instead just patch the lock prefix in the lock constructs. That is the
majority of the cost and should be good enough.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h b/include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h index 709ad3f0d354da..a584826cc570f6 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h +++ b/include/asm-x86_64/alternative.h @@ -103,9 +103,6 @@ static inline void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) {} /* * Alternative inline assembly for SMP. * - * alternative_smp() takes two versions (SMP first, UP second) and is - * for more complex stuff such as spinlocks. - * * The LOCK_PREFIX macro defined here replaces the LOCK and * LOCK_PREFIX macros used everywhere in the source tree. * @@ -125,21 +122,6 @@ static inline void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) {} */ #ifdef CONFIG_SMP -#define alternative_smp(smpinstr, upinstr, args...) \ - asm volatile ("661:\n\t" smpinstr "\n662:\n" \ - ".section .smp_altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \ - " .align 8\n" \ - " .quad 661b\n" /* label */ \ - " .quad 663f\n" /* new instruction */ \ - " .byte " __stringify(X86_FEATURE_UP) "\n" \ - " .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \ - " .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \ - ".previous\n" \ - ".section .smp_altinstr_replacement,\"awx\"\n" \ - "663:\n\t" upinstr "\n" /* replacement */ \ - "664:\n\t.fill 662b-661b,1,0x42\n" /* space for original */ \ - ".previous" : args) - #define LOCK_PREFIX \ ".section .smp_locks,\"a\"\n" \ " .align 8\n" \ @@ -148,8 +130,6 @@ static inline void alternatives_smp_switch(int smp) {} "661:\n\tlock; " #else /* ! CONFIG_SMP */ -#define alternative_smp(smpinstr, upinstr, args...) \ - asm volatile (upinstr : args) #define LOCK_PREFIX "" #endif |