Re: [PATCH v3] sh: Use generic GCC library routines

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Adrian,

On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 1:03 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-03-23 at 11:18 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > The C implementations of __ashldi3(), __ashrdi3__(), and __lshrdi3() in
> > arch/sh/lib/ are identical to the generic C implementations in lib/.
> > Reduce duplication by switching SH to the generic versions.
> >
> > Update the include path in arch/sh/boot/compressed accordingly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > --- a/arch/sh/lib/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/sh/lib/Makefile
> > @@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ lib-y  = delay.o memmove.o memchr.o \
> >        checksum.o strlen.o div64.o div64-generic.o
> >
> >  # Extracted from libgcc
> > -obj-y += movmem.o ashldi3.o ashrdi3.o lshrdi3.o \
> > -      ashlsi3.o ashrsi3.o ashiftrt.o lshrsi3.o \
> > -      udiv_qrnnd.o
> > +obj-y += movmem.o ashlsi3.o ashrsi3.o ashiftrt.o lshrsi3.o udiv_qrnnd.o
>
> Why are the single-precision (denoted as "si") variants not being replaced?
>
> Don't we have generic versions for these?

Because they are written in assembler, and thus different from generic
versions, and because Linux does not include generic versions for these.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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