[PATCH v5 1/9] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm

From: Nadav Amit
Date: Tue Jun 19 2018 - 23:03:51 EST


Using macros for inline assembly improves both readability and
compilation decisions that are distorted by big assembly blocks that use
alternative sections. Compile macros.S and use it to assemble all C
files. Currently, only x86 will use it.

Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 9 +++++++--
arch/x86/Makefile | 11 +++++++++--
arch/x86/kernel/macros.S | 7 +++++++
scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +++-
scripts/mod/Makefile | 2 ++
5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/macros.S

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca2af1ab91eb..66c1da72c156 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
# version.h and scripts_basic is processed / created.

# Listed in dependency order
-PHONY += prepare archprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3
+PHONY += prepare archprepare macroprepare prepare0 prepare1 prepare2 prepare3

# prepare3 is used to check if we are building in a separate output directory,
# and if so do:
@@ -1080,7 +1080,9 @@ prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) include/generated/utsrelease.h \
include/config/auto.conf
$(cmd_crmodverdir)

-archprepare: archheaders archscripts prepare1 scripts_basic
+macroprepare: prepare1 archmacros
+
+archprepare: archheaders archscripts macroprepare scripts_basic

prepare0: archprepare gcc-plugins
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
@@ -1148,6 +1150,9 @@ archheaders:
PHONY += archscripts
archscripts:

+PHONY += archmacros
+archmacros:
+
PHONY += __headers
__headers: $(version_h) scripts_basic uapi-asm-generic archheaders archscripts
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts build_unifdef
diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index f0a6ea22429d..363c3d8ed964 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -z max-page-size=0x200000)
endif

-# Speed up the build
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
+# We cannot use -pipe flag since we give an additional .s file to the compiler
+#KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe
# Workaround for a gcc prelease that unfortunately was shipped in a suse release
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-sign-compare
#
@@ -258,11 +258,18 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
archheaders:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/syscalls all

+archmacros:
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/kernel arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
+
archprepare:
ifeq ($(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE),y)
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/purgatory arch/x86/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.c
endif

+ASM_MACRO_FLAGS = -Wa,arch/x86/kernel/macros.s
+export ASM_MACRO_FLAGS
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+
###
# Kernel objects

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfc1c7d1a6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+/*
+ * This file includes headers whose assembly part includes macros which are
+ * commonly used. The macros are precompiled into assmebly file which is later
+ * assembled together with each compiled file.
+ */
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index c8156d61678c..8eeb5636a2a7 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ __cc-option = $(call try-run,\

# Do not attempt to build with gcc plugins during cc-option tests.
# (And this uses delayed resolution so the flags will be up to date.)
-CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
+# In addition, do not include the asm macros which are built later.
+CC_OPTION_FILTERED = $(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS) $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+CC_OPTION_CFLAGS = $(filter-out $(CC_OPTION_FILTERED),$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))

# cc-option
# Usage: cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-march=winchip-c6,-march=i586)
diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index 42c5d50f2bcc..a5b4af47987a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
hostprogs-y := modpost mk_elfconfig
always := $(hostprogs-y) empty.o

+CFLAGS_REMOVE_empty.o := $(ASM_MACRO_FLAGS)
+
modpost-objs := modpost.o file2alias.o sumversion.o

devicetable-offsets-file := devicetable-offsets.h
--
2.17.0