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SubjectRe: [PATCH] compiler-gcc.h: Remove ancient workaround for gcc PR 58670
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 12:30 PM Naveen N. Rao
<naveen.n.rao@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Uros Bizjak wrote:
> > The workaround for 'asm goto' miscompilation introduces a compiler
> > barrier quirk that inhibits many useful compiler optimizations. For
> > example, __try_cmpxchg_user compiles to:
> >
> > 11375: 41 8b 4d 00 mov 0x0(%r13),%ecx
> > 11379: 41 8b 02 mov (%r10),%eax
> > 1137c: f0 0f b1 0a lock cmpxchg %ecx,(%rdx)
> > 11380: 0f 94 c2 sete %dl
> > 11383: 84 d2 test %dl,%dl
> > 11385: 75 c4 jne 1134b <...>
> > 11387: 41 89 02 mov %eax,(%r10)
> >
> > where the barrier inhibits flags propagation from asm when
> > compiled with gcc-12.
> >
> > When the mentioned quirk is removed, the following code is generated:
> >
> > 11553: 41 8b 4d 00 mov 0x0(%r13),%ecx
> > 11557: 41 8b 02 mov (%r10),%eax
> > 1155a: f0 0f b1 0a lock cmpxchg %ecx,(%rdx)
> > 1155e: 74 c9 je 11529 <...>
> > 11560: 41 89 02 mov %eax,(%r10)
> >
> > The refered compiler bug:
> >
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58670
> >
> > was fixed for gcc-4.8.2.
> >
> > Current minimum required version of GCC is version 5.1 which has
> > the above 'asm goto' miscompilation fixed, so remove the workaround.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > ---
> > include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 11 -----------
> > 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> > index a0c55eeaeaf1..9b157b71036f 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> > @@ -66,17 +66,6 @@
> > __builtin_unreachable(); \
> > } while (0)
> >
> > -/*
> > - * GCC 'asm goto' miscompiles certain code sequences:
> > - *
> > - * http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58670
> > - *
> > - * Work it around via a compiler barrier quirk suggested by Jakub Jelinek.
> > - *
> > - * (asm goto is automatically volatile - the naming reflects this.)
> > - */
> > -#define asm_volatile_goto(x...) do { asm goto(x); asm (""); } while (0)
> > -
> > #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP)
> > #define __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP32__
> > #define __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP64__
>
> This is causing a build issue on ppc64le with a new patch replacing use
> of unreachable() with __builtin_unreachable() in __WARN_FLAGS():
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20220808114908.240813-2-sv@linux.ibm.com/
>
> during RTL pass: combine
> In file included from /linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:9:
> /linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c: In function '__rt_mutex_slowlock.constprop':
> /linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1612:1: internal compiler error: in purge_dead_edges, at cfgrtl.c:3369
> 1612 | }
> | ^
> 0x142817c internal_error(char const*, ...)
> ???:0
> 0x5c8a1b fancy_abort(char const*, int, char const*)
> ???:0
> 0x72017f purge_all_dead_edges()
> ???:0
> Please submit a full bug report,
> with preprocessed source if appropriate.
> Please include the complete backtrace with any bug report.
> See <file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-11/README.Bugs> for instructions.
>
>
> So, it looks like gcc still has issues with certain uses of asm goto.

This looks like a powerpc specific bug, and has nothing to do with
PR58560 (asm goto miscompilation). If this is indeed a target specific
bug, it should be worked around in
arch/powerpc/include/asm/compiler.h, but please also report it to the
GCC bugzilla.

Uros.

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