Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] x86: macrofying inline asm for better compilation

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:48:45PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Nadav Amit (9):
>   Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm
>   x86: objtool: use asm macro for better compiler decisions
>   x86: refcount: prevent gcc distortions
>   x86: alternatives: macrofy locks for better inlining
>   x86: bug: prevent gcc distortions
>   x86: prevent inline distortion by paravirt ops
>   x86: extable: use macros instead of inline assembly
>   x86: cpufeature: use macros instead of inline assembly
>   x86: jump-labels: use macros instead of inline assembly
> 
>  Makefile                               |  9 ++-
>  arch/x86/Makefile                      | 11 ++-
>  arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h | 20 ++++--
>  arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h     | 11 +--
>  arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h             | 61 +++++++---------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h             | 98 +++++++++++++++-----------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h      | 82 ++++++++++++---------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h      | 65 ++++++++++-------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h  | 56 +++++++--------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/refcount.h        | 74 +++++++++++--------
>  arch/x86/kernel/macros.S               | 16 +++++
>  include/asm-generic/bug.h              |  8 +--
>  include/linux/compiler.h               | 56 +++++++++++----
>  scripts/Kbuild.include                 |  4 +-
>  scripts/mod/Makefile                   |  2 +
>  15 files changed, 340 insertions(+), 233 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/macros.S

Aside from the one niggle:

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>