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PATCH Superseded Stefan Agner 1 participant 4 messages Mar 10, 2020

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cover ARM: make use of UAL VFP mnemonics when possible

To build the kernel with Clang's integrated assembler the VFP code needs to make use of the unified assembler language (UAL) VFP mnemonics.

At first I tried to get rid of the co-processor instructions to access the floating point unit along with the macros completely. However, due to missing FPINST/FPINST2 argument support in older binutils versions we have to keep them around. Once we drop support for binutils 2.24 and older, the move to UAL VFP mnemonics will be straight forward with this changes applied.

Tested using Clang with integrated assembler as well as external (binutils assembler), various gcc/binutils version down to 4.7/2.23. Disassembled and compared the object files in arch/arm/vfp/ to make sure this changes leads to the same code. Besides different inlining behavior I was not able to spot a difference.

This replaces (and extends) my earlier patch "ARM: use assembly mnemonics for VFP register access"
http://lore.kernel.org/r/8bb16ac4b15a7e28a8e819ef9aae20bfc3f75fbc.1582266841.git.stefan@agner.ch

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ARM: use .fpu assembler directives instead of assembler arguments
ARM: use VFP assembler mnemonics in register load/store macros
ARM: use VFP assembler mnemonics if available

 arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h       |  2 ++
 arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 arch/arm/vfp/Makefile            |  5 ++++-
 arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S             | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h          | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 5 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/3 ARM: use .fpu assembler directives instead of assembler arguments

Explicit FPU selection has been introduced in commit 1a6be26d5b1a ("[ARM] Enable VFP to be built when non-VFP capable CPUs are selected") to make use of assembler mnemonics for VFP instructions.

However, clang currently does not support passing assembler flags like this and errors out with:
clang-10: error: the clang compiler does not support '-Wa,-mfpu=softvfp+vfp'

Make use of the .fpu assembler directives to select the floating point hardware selectively. Also use the new unified assembler language mnemonics. This allows to build these procedures with Clang.

---
 arch/arm/vfp/Makefile |  2 --
 arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S  | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
arch/arm/vfp/Makefile +0 -2
index 9975b63ac3b0..749901a72d6d 100644
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
 # ccflags-y := -DDEBUG
 # asflags-y := -DDEBUG
 
-KBUILD_AFLAGS	:=$(KBUILD_AFLAGS:-msoft-float=-Wa,-mfpu=softvfp+vfp -mfloat-abi=soft)
-
 obj-y		+= vfpmodule.o entry.o vfphw.o vfpsingle.o vfpdouble.o
arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S +19 -11
index b2e560290860..e214007a20a2 100644
@@ -258,11 +258,13 @@ vfp_current_hw_state_address:
 
 ENTRY(vfp_get_float)
 	tbl_branch r0, r3, #3
-	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	mrc	p10, 0, r0, c\dr, c0, 0	@ fmrs	r0, s0
+	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,
+1:	vmov	r0, s\dr
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
-1:	mrc	p10, 0, r0, c\dr, c0, 4	@ fmrs	r0, s1
+	.endr
+	.irp	dr,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31
+1:	vmov	r0, s\dr
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
@@ -271,10 +273,12 @@ ENDPROC(vfp_get_float)
 ENTRY(vfp_put_float)
 	tbl_branch r1, r3, #3
 	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	mcr	p10, 0, r0, c\dr, c0, 0	@ fmsr	r0, s0
+1:	vmov	s\dr, r0
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
-1:	mcr	p10, 0, r0, c\dr, c0, 4	@ fmsr	r0, s1
+	.endr
+	.irp	dr,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31
+1:	vmov	s\dr, r0
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
@@ -282,15 +286,17 @@ ENDPROC(vfp_put_float)
 
 ENTRY(vfp_get_double)
 	tbl_branch r0, r3, #3
+	.fpu	vfpv2
 	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	fmrrd	r0, r1, d\dr
+1:	vmov	r0, r1, d\dr
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
 	@ d16 - d31 registers
-	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	mrrc	p11, 3, r0, r1, c\dr	@ fmrrd	r0, r1, d\dr
+	.fpu	vfpv3
+	.irp	dr,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31
+1:	vmov	r0, r1, d\dr
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
@@ -304,15 +310,17 @@ ENDPROC(vfp_get_double)
 
 ENTRY(vfp_put_double)
 	tbl_branch r2, r3, #3
+	.fpu	vfpv2
 	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	fmdrr	d\dr, r0, r1
+1:	vmov	d\dr, r0, r1
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
+	.fpu	vfpv3
 	@ d16 - d31 registers
-	.irp	dr,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
-1:	mcrr	p11, 3, r0, r1, c\dr	@ fmdrr	r0, r1, d\dr
+	.irp	dr,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31
+1:	vmov	d\dr, r0, r1
 	ret	lr
 	.org	1b + 8
 	.endr
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#2 lore raw

PATCH 2/3 ARM: use VFP assembler mnemonics in register load/store macros

In reply to Stefan Agner

Clang's integrated assembler does not allow to access the VFP registers through the coprocessor load/store instructions:
<instantiation>:4:6: error: invalid operand for instruction
LDC p11, cr0, [r10],#32*4 @ FLDMIAD r10!, {d0-d15}

     ^

Replace the coprocessor load/store instructions with explicit assembler mnemonics to accessing the floating point coprocessor registers. Use assembler directives to select the appropriate FPU version.

This allows to build these macros with GNU assembler as well as with Clang's built-in assembler.

---
 arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h +11 -8
index 628c336e8e3b..947ee5395e1f 100644
@@ -19,23 +19,25 @@
 
 	@ read all the working registers back into the VFP
 	.macro	VFPFLDMIA, base, tmp
+	.fpu	vfpv2
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
-	LDC	p11, cr0, [\base],#33*4		    @ FLDMIAX \base!, {d0-d15}
+	fldmiax	\base!, {d0-d15}
 #else
-	LDC	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FLDMIAD \base!, {d0-d15}
+	vldmia	\base!, {d0-d15}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
+	.fpu	vfpv3
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ <= 6
 	ldr	\tmp, =elf_hwcap		    @ may not have MVFR regs
 	ldr	\tmp, [\tmp, #0]
 	tst	\tmp, #HWCAP_VFPD32
-	ldclne	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FLDMIAD \base!, {d16-d31}
+	vldmiane \base!, {d16-d31}
 	addeq	\base, \base, #32*4		    @ step over unused register space
 #else
 	VFPFMRX	\tmp, MVFR0			    @ Media and VFP Feature Register 0
 	and	\tmp, \tmp, #MVFR0_A_SIMD_MASK	    @ A_SIMD field
 	cmp	\tmp, #2			    @ 32 x 64bit registers?
-	ldcleq	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FLDMIAD \base!, {d16-d31}
+	vldmiaeq \base!, {d16-d31}
 	addne	\base, \base, #32*4		    @ step over unused register space
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -44,22 +46,23 @@
 	@ write all the working registers out of the VFP
 	.macro	VFPFSTMIA, base, tmp
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
-	STC	p11, cr0, [\base],#33*4		    @ FSTMIAX \base!, {d0-d15}
+	fstmiax	\base!, {d0-d15}
 #else
-	STC	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FSTMIAD \base!, {d0-d15}
+	vstmia	\base!, {d0-d15}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFPv3
+	.fpu	vfpv3
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ <= 6
 	ldr	\tmp, =elf_hwcap		    @ may not have MVFR regs
 	ldr	\tmp, [\tmp, #0]
 	tst	\tmp, #HWCAP_VFPD32
-	stclne	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FSTMIAD \base!, {d16-d31}
+	vstmiane \base!, {d16-d31}
 	addeq	\base, \base, #32*4		    @ step over unused register space
 #else
 	VFPFMRX	\tmp, MVFR0			    @ Media and VFP Feature Register 0
 	and	\tmp, \tmp, #MVFR0_A_SIMD_MASK	    @ A_SIMD field
 	cmp	\tmp, #2			    @ 32 x 64bit registers?
-	stcleq	p11, cr0, [\base],#32*4		    @ FSTMIAD \base!, {d16-d31}
+	vstmiaeq \base!, {d16-d31}
 	addne	\base, \base, #32*4		    @ step over unused register space
 #endif
 #endif
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#3 lore raw

PATCH 3/3 ARM: use VFP assembler mnemonics if available

In reply to Stefan Agner

Clang's integrated assembler does not allow to to use the mcr instruction to access floating point co-processor registers:
arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c:342:2: error: invalid operand for instruction

        fmxr(FPEXC, fpexc & ~(FPEXC_EX|FPEXC_DEX|FPEXC_FP2V|FPEXC_VV|FPEXC_TRAP_MASK));
        ^
arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h:79:6: note: expanded from macro 'fmxr'
        asm("mcr p10, 7, %0, " vfpreg(_vfp_) ", cr0, 0 @ fmxr   " #_vfp_ ", %0" \
            ^
<inline asm>:1:6: note: instantiated into assembly here
        mcr p10, 7, r0, cr8, cr0, 0 @ fmxr      FPEXC, r0
            ^

Ideally we would replace this code with the unified assembler language mnemonics vmrs/vmsr on call sites along with .fpu assembler directives. The GNU assembler supports the .fpu directive at least since 2.17 (when documentation has been added). Since Linux requires binutils 2.21 it is safe to use .fpu directive. However, binutils does not allow to use FPINST or FPINST2 as an argument to vmrs/vmsr instructions up to binutils 2.24 (see binutils commit 16d02dc907c5).

Use as-instr to check if FPINST/FPINST2 can be used. If they can be used make use of .fpu directives and UAL VFP mnemonics for register access.

This allows to build vfpmodule.c with Clang and its integrated assembler.

---
 arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h       |  2 ++
 arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h | 12 +++++++++++-
 arch/arm/vfp/Makefile            |  5 +++++
 arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S             |  1 +
 arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h          | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
arch/arm/include/asm/vfp.h +2 -0
index 7157d2a30a49..a73c29ff4d1f 100644
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_VFP_H
 #define __ASM_VFP_H
 
+#ifndef HAVE_VMRS_FPINST
 #define FPSID			cr0
 #define FPSCR			cr1
 #define MVFR1			cr6
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 #define FPEXC			cr8
 #define FPINST			cr9
 #define FPINST2			cr10
+#endif
 
 /* FPSID bits */
 #define FPSID_IMPLEMENTER_BIT	(24)
arch/arm/include/asm/vfpmacros.h +11 -1
index 947ee5395e1f..eb8d3738f227 100644
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
 
 #include <asm/vfp.h>
 
-@ Macros to allow building with old toolkits (with no VFP support)
+#ifdef HAVE_VMRS_FPINST
+	.macro	VFPFMRX, rd, sysreg, cond
+	vmrs\cond	\rd, \sysreg
+	.endm
+
+	.macro	VFPFMXR, sysreg, rd, cond
+	vmsr\cond	\sysreg, \rd
+	.endm
+#else
+	@ Macros to allow building with old toolkits (with no VFP support)
 	.macro	VFPFMRX, rd, sysreg, cond
 	MRC\cond	p10, 7, \rd, \sysreg, cr0, 0	@ FMRX	\rd, \sysreg
 	.endm
@@ -16,6 +25,7 @@
 	.macro	VFPFMXR, sysreg, rd, cond
 	MCR\cond	p10, 7, \rd, \sysreg, cr0, 0	@ FMXR	\sysreg, \rd
 	.endm
+#endif
 
 	@ read all the working registers back into the VFP
 	.macro	VFPFLDMIA, base, tmp
arch/arm/vfp/Makefile +5 -0
index 749901a72d6d..f145c99fba6b 100644
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
 # ccflags-y := -DDEBUG
 # asflags-y := -DDEBUG
 
+vmrs_fpinst    := $(call as-instr,.fpu vfpv2\nvmrs r0$(comma)FPINST,-DHAVE_VMRS_FPINST=1)
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS  += $(vmrs_fpinst)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS  += $(vmrs_fpinst)
+
 obj-y		+= vfpmodule.o entry.o vfphw.o vfpsingle.o vfpdouble.o
arch/arm/vfp/vfphw.S +1 -0
index e214007a20a2..90e5659827c7 100644
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 ENTRY(vfp_support_entry)
 	DBGSTR3	"instr %08x pc %08x state %p", r0, r2, r10
 
+	.fpu	vfpv2
 	ldr	r3, [sp, #S_PSR]	@ Neither lazy restore nor FP exceptions
 	and	r3, r3, #MODE_MASK	@ are supported in kernel mode
 	teq	r3, #USR_MODE
arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h +19 -4
index 38dc154e39ff..0db3825c4b4f 100644
@@ -62,10 +62,23 @@
 #define FPSCR_C (1 << 29)
 #define FPSCR_V	(1 << 28)
 
-/*
- * Since we aren't building with -mfpu=vfp, we need to code
- * these instructions using their MRC/MCR equivalents.
- */
+#ifdef HAVE_VMRS_FPINST
+
+#define fmrx(_vfp_) ({			\
+	u32 __v;			\
+	asm(".fpu	vfpv2\n"	\
+	    "vmrs	%0, " #_vfp_	\
+	    : "=r" (__v) : : "cc");	\
+	__v;				\
+ })
+
+#define fmxr(_vfp_,_var_)		\
+	asm(".fpu	vfpv2\n"	\
+	    "vmsr	" #_vfp_ ", %0"	\
+	   : : "r" (_var_) : "cc")
+
+#else
+
 #define vfpreg(_vfp_) #_vfp_
 
 #define fmrx(_vfp_) ({			\
@@ -79,6 +92,8 @@
 	asm("mcr p10, 7, %0, " vfpreg(_vfp_) ", cr0, 0 @ fmxr	" #_vfp_ ", %0"	\
 	   : : "r" (_var_) : "cc")
 
+#endif
+
 u32 vfp_single_cpdo(u32 inst, u32 fpscr);
 u32 vfp_single_cprt(u32 inst, u32 fpscr, struct pt_regs *regs);
 
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