Re: [PATCH 09/17] m68k: Implement xor_unlock_is_negative_byte

From: Greg Ungerer
Date: Sat Sep 16 2023 - 09:16:09 EST




On 16/9/23 04:36, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
Using EOR to clear the guaranteed-to-be-set lock bit will test the
negative flag just like the x86 implementation. This should be
more efficient than the generic implementation in filemap.c. It
would be better if m68k had __GCC_ASM_FLAG_OUTPUTS__.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h
index e984af71df6b..909ebe7cab5d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -319,6 +319,20 @@ arch___test_and_change_bit(unsigned long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
return test_and_change_bit(nr, addr);
}
+static inline bool xor_unlock_is_negative_byte(unsigned long mask,
+ volatile unsigned long *p)
+{
+ char result;
+ char *cp = (char *)p + 3; /* m68k is big-endian */
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__ ("eor.b %1, %2; smi %0"

The ColdFire members of the 68k family do not support byte size eor:

CC mm/filemap.o
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:824: Error: invalid instruction for this architecture; needs 68000 or higher (68000 [68ec000, 68hc000, 68hc001, 68008, 68302, 68306, 68307, 68322, 68356], 68010, 68020 [68k, 68ec020], 68030 [68ec030], 68040 [68ec040], 68060 [68ec060], cpu32 [68330, 68331, 68332, 68333, 68334, 68336, 68340, 68341, 68349, 68360], fidoa [fido]) -- statement `eor.b #1,3(%a0)' ignored

Regards
Greg




+ : "=d" (result)
+ : "di" (mask), "o" (*cp)
+ : "memory");
+ return result;
+}
+#define xor_unlock_is_negative_byte xor_unlock_is_negative_byte
+
/*
* The true 68020 and more advanced processors support the "bfffo"
* instruction for finding bits. ColdFire and simple 68000 parts