[PATCH 1/1] x86_64: cleanup memset16(), memset32(), memset64()

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Thu Mar 14 2024 - 12:57:39 EST


* use "+" constraint modifier,
simplify inputs and output lists,
delete dummy variables with meaningless names,

"&" only makes sense in complex assembly creating constraints on
intermediate registers. But 1 instruction assemblies don't have
inner body so to speak.

* write "rep stos*" on one line:
Rep prefix is integral part of x86 instruction. I'm not sure why
people separate "rep" with newline or semicolon pretending rep is
separate instruction. It is not and never was.

* use __auto_type for maximum copy pasta experience,

* reformat a bit to make everything looks nicer.

Note that "memory" clobber is too much if "n" is known at compile time.
However,

"=m" (*(T(*)[n])s)

doesn't work because -Wvla even if "n" is compile time constant:

if (BCP(n)) {
rep stos
: "=m" (*(T(*)[n])s)
} else {
rep stosw
: "memory"
}

The above doesn't work.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h | 45 +++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
index 857d364b9888..9d0b324eab21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
@@ -30,37 +30,40 @@ void *__memset(void *s, int c, size_t n);
#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET16
static inline void *memset16(uint16_t *s, uint16_t v, size_t n)
{
- long d0, d1;
- asm volatile("rep\n\t"
- "stosw"
- : "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1)
- : "a" (v), "1" (s), "0" (n)
- : "memory");
- return s;
+ const __auto_type s0 = s;
+ asm volatile (
+ "rep stosw"
+ : "+D" (s), "+c" (n)
+ : "a" (v)
+ : "memory"
+ );
+ return s0;
}

#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET32
static inline void *memset32(uint32_t *s, uint32_t v, size_t n)
{
- long d0, d1;
- asm volatile("rep\n\t"
- "stosl"
- : "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1)
- : "a" (v), "1" (s), "0" (n)
- : "memory");
- return s;
+ const __auto_type s0 = s;
+ asm volatile (
+ "rep stosl"
+ : "+D" (s), "+c" (n)
+ : "a" (v)
+ : "memory"
+ );
+ return s0;
}

#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET64
static inline void *memset64(uint64_t *s, uint64_t v, size_t n)
{
- long d0, d1;
- asm volatile("rep\n\t"
- "stosq"
- : "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1)
- : "a" (v), "1" (s), "0" (n)
- : "memory");
- return s;
+ const __auto_type s0 = s;
+ asm volatile (
+ "rep stosq"
+ : "+D" (s), "+c" (n)
+ : "a" (v)
+ : "memory"
+ );
+ return s0;
}
#endif

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