Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] riscv: introduce asm/swab.h

[Eric Biggers]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 10:09:46PM +0100, Ignacio Encinas wrote:
> +#define ARCH_SWAB(size) \
> +static __always_inline unsigned long __arch_swab##size(__u##size value) \
> +{									\
> +	unsigned long x = value;					\
> +									\
> +	asm goto(ALTERNATIVE("j %l[legacy]", "nop", 0,			\
> +			     RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBB, 1)			\
> +			     :::: legacy);				\

Is there a reason to use this instead of
riscv_has_extension_likely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZBB) which seems to do the same thing,
including using a static branch?

- Eric