Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: disable CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT and remove __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Feb 18 2019 - 20:16:59 EST


On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:09 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h uses __sw_hweight{32,64} as
> alternatives, but they are implemented in arch/x86/lib/hweight.S
>
> x86 does not rely on the generic C implementation lib/hweight.c
> at all, so CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT should be disabled.
>
> __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT was unneeded in the first place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Maintainers,

As I replied to 1/2,
please ignore this for now.


I will resend this later,
hopefully in the next development cycle.


> ---
>
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 3 ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h | 2 --
> lib/hweight.c | 4 ----
> 3 files changed, 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 6826143..c2813af 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
> config GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS
> bool
>
> -config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
> - def_bool y
> -
> config ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
> def_bool y
> depends on ISA_DMA_API
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
> index fc06935..ba88edd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
> @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
> #define REG_OUT "a"
> #endif
>
> -#define __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
> -
> static __always_inline unsigned int __arch_hweight32(unsigned int w)
> {
> unsigned int res;
> diff --git a/lib/hweight.c b/lib/hweight.c
> index 7660d88..c94586b 100644
> --- a/lib/hweight.c
> +++ b/lib/hweight.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
> * The Hamming Weight of a number is the total number of bits set in it.
> */
>
> -#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
> unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
> {
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
> @@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
> #endif
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight32);
> -#endif
>
> unsigned int __sw_hweight16(unsigned int w)
> {
> @@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ unsigned int __sw_hweight8(unsigned int w)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight8);
>
> -#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
> unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w)
> {
> #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> @@ -69,4 +66,3 @@ unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w)
> #endif
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight64);
> -#endif
> --
> 2.7.4
>


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada