Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: use a common .arch preamble for inline assembly

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:36:08PM -0700, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> Commit 7c78f67e9bd9 ("arm64: enable tlbi range instructions") breaks
> LLVM's integrated assembler, because -Wa,-march is only passed to
> external assemblers and therefore, the new instructions are not enabled
> when IAS is used.
> 
> This change adds a common architecture version preamble, which can be
> used in inline assembly blocks that contain instructions that require
> a newer architecture version, and uses it to fix __TLBI_0 and __TLBI_1
> with ARM64_TLB_RANGE.
> 
> Fixes: 7c78f67e9bd9 ("arm64: enable tlbi range instructions")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1106
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>

I have verified that this fixes the build with LLVM_IAS=1. Additionally,
I have booted a kernel with this patch on my Raspberry Pi and saw no
adverse affects through a compilation workload.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Switched to a standard preamble for the architecture version.
> 
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Makefile               | 11 ++++++++---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/compiler.h |  6 ++++++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h |  6 ++++--
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
> index b45f0124cc16..20ab5c9375a5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
> @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ endif
>  # compiler to generate them and consequently to break the single image contract
>  # we pass it only to the assembler. This option is utilized only in case of non
>  # integrated assemblers.
> -ifneq ($(CONFIG_AS_HAS_ARMV8_4), y)
> -branch-prot-flags-$(CONFIG_AS_HAS_PAC) += -Wa,-march=armv8.3-a
> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_AS_HAS_PAC), y)
> +asm-arch := armv8.3-a
>  endif
>  endif
>  
> @@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(branch-prot-flags-y)
>  
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_AS_HAS_ARMV8_4), y)
>  # make sure to pass the newest target architecture to -march.
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Wa,-march=armv8.4-a
> +asm-arch := armv8.4-a
> +endif
> +
> +ifdef asm-arch
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Wa,-march=$(asm-arch) \
> +		   -DARM64_ASM_ARCH='"$(asm-arch)"'
>  endif
>  
>  ifeq ($(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK), y)
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/compiler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/compiler.h
> index 51a7ce87cdfe..6fb2e6bcc392 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/compiler.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/compiler.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
>  #ifndef __ASM_COMPILER_H
>  #define __ASM_COMPILER_H
>  
> +#ifdef ARM64_ASM_ARCH
> +#define ARM64_ASM_PREAMBLE ".arch " ARM64_ASM_ARCH "\n"
> +#else
> +#define ARM64_ASM_PREAMBLE
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * The EL0/EL1 pointer bits used by a pointer authentication code.
>   * This is dependent on TBI0/TBI1 being enabled, or bits 63:56 would also apply.
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> index d493174415db..cc3f5a33ff9c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> @@ -28,14 +28,16 @@
>   * not. The macros handles invoking the asm with or without the
>   * register argument as appropriate.
>   */
> -#define __TLBI_0(op, arg) asm ("tlbi " #op "\n"				       \
> +#define __TLBI_0(op, arg) asm (ARM64_ASM_PREAMBLE			       \
> +			       "tlbi " #op "\n"				       \
>  		   ALTERNATIVE("nop\n			nop",		       \
>  			       "dsb ish\n		tlbi " #op,	       \
>  			       ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI,		       \
>  			       CONFIG_ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI)	       \
>  			    : : )
>  
> -#define __TLBI_1(op, arg) asm ("tlbi " #op ", %0\n"			       \
> +#define __TLBI_1(op, arg) asm (ARM64_ASM_PREAMBLE			       \
> +			       "tlbi " #op ", %0\n"			       \
>  		   ALTERNATIVE("nop\n			nop",		       \
>  			       "dsb ish\n		tlbi " #op ", %0",     \
>  			       ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI,		       \
> 
> base-commit: 15bc20c6af4ceee97a1f90b43c0e386643c071b4
> -- 
> 2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d-goog
>