Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] riscv: asm: alternative-macros: Introduce ALTERNATIVE_3() macro

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Dec 13 2022 - 12:26:29 EST


Hi Prabhakar,

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:58 PM Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce ALTERNATIVE_3() macro.
>
> A vendor wants to replace an old_content, but another vendor has used
> ALTERNATIVE_2() to patch its customized content at the same location.
> In this case, this vendor can use macro ALTERNATIVE_3() and then replace
> ALTERNATIVE_2() with ALTERNATIVE_3() to append its customized content.
>
> While at it update comment above ALTERNATIVE_2() macro and make it generic
> so that the comment holds good for any new addition of ALTERNATIVE_X()
> macros.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4->v5
> * Rebased the patch on top of Andrew's series (now in Palmers for next-branch)
> * Updated comment for ALTERNATIVE_x() as suggested by Heiko

Thanks for the update!

> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
> @@ -50,8 +50,17 @@
> ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2, \new_c_2
> .endm
>
> +.macro ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, \
> + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3
> + ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 \old_c, \new_c_1, \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1, \
> + \new_c_2, \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2
> + ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_3, \errata_id_3, \enable_3, \new_c_3
> +.endm
> +
> #define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG __VA_ARGS__
> #define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 __VA_ARGS__
> +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(...) ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3 __VA_ARGS__
>
> #else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
>
> @@ -98,6 +107,13 @@
> __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1) \
> ALT_NEW_CONTENT(vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, new_c_2)
>
> +#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2, \
> + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3) \
> + __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1, \
> + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2) \
> + ALT_NEW_CONTENT(vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, enable_3, new_c_3)
> +
> #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
>
> #define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c, new_c, vendor_id, errata_id, CONFIG_k) \
> @@ -108,6 +124,13 @@
> __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
> new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2))
>
> +#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
> + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, CONFIG_k_2, \
> + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, CONFIG_k_3) \
> + __ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_1), \
> + new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_2), \
> + new_c_3, vendor_id_3, errata_id_3, IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_k_3))
> +
> #else /* CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE */

To avoid breaking the build for K210 (and VexRiscv), you need to provide
_ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3() for the !CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE case, too:

@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@
#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, ...) \
ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c

+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, ...) \
+ ALTERNATIVE_CFG old_c
+
#else /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */

#define __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c) \
@@ -155,6 +158,9 @@
#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2(old_c, ...) \
__ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)

+#define _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_c, ...) \
+ __ALTERNATIVE_CFG(old_c)
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* CONFIG_RISCV_ALTERNATIVE */

Else it fails (on riscv/for-next) with:

arch/riscv/mm/pmem.c: In function ‘arch_wb_cache_pmem’:
arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h:198:8: error: expected
string literal before ‘_ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3’
198 | _ALTERNATIVE_CFG_3(old_content, new_content_1,
vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, CONFIG_k_1, \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/riscv/include/asm/errata_list.h:128:14: note: in expansion of
macro ‘ALTERNATIVE_3’
128 | asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE_3( \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
arch/riscv/mm/pmem.c:13:2: note: in expansion of macro ‘ALT_CMO_OP’
13 | ALT_CMO_OP(clean, addr, size, riscv_cbom_block_size, 0, 0);
| ^~~~~~~~~~

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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