[PATCH 2/2] arm64: alternative: constify alternative_has_feature_* argument

From: Jisheng Zhang
Date: Thu Oct 06 2022 - 04:05:38 EST


Inspired by x86 commit 864b435514b2("x86/jump_label: Mark arguments as
const to satisfy asm constraints"), constify alternative_has_feature_*
argument to satisfy asm constraints. And Steven in [1] also pointed
out that "The "i" constraint needs to be a constant."

Tested with building a simple external kernel module with "O0".

Before the patch, got similar gcc warnings and errors as below:

In file included from <command-line>:
In function ‘alternative_has_feature_likely’,
inlined from ‘system_capabilities_finalized’ at
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h:440:9,
inlined from ‘arm64_preempt_schedule_irq’ at
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:264:6:
include/linux/compiler_types.h:285:33: warning:
‘asm’ operand 0 probably does not match constraints
285 | #define asm_volatile_goto(x...) asm goto(x)
| ^~~
arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h:232:9:
note: in expansion of macro ‘asm_volatile_goto’
232 | asm_volatile_goto(
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
include/linux/compiler_types.h:285:33: error:
impossible constraint in ‘asm’
285 | #define asm_volatile_goto(x...) asm goto(x)
| ^~~
arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h:232:9:
note: in expansion of macro ‘asm_volatile_goto’
232 | asm_volatile_goto(
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After the patch, the simple external test kernel module is built fine
with "-O0".

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210212094059.5f8d05e8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
index 3622e9f4fb44..bdf1f6bcd010 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ alternative_endif
#include <linux/types.h>

static __always_inline bool
-alternative_has_feature_likely(unsigned long feature)
+alternative_has_feature_likely(const unsigned long feature)
{
compiletime_assert(feature < ARM64_NCAPS,
"feature must be < ARM64_NCAPS");
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ alternative_has_feature_likely(unsigned long feature)
}

static __always_inline bool
-alternative_has_feature_unlikely(unsigned long feature)
+alternative_has_feature_unlikely(const unsigned long feature)
{
compiletime_assert(feature < ARM64_NCAPS,
"feature must be < ARM64_NCAPS");
--
2.37.2