On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 09:55:37AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Clang's integrated assembler does not allow assembly macros defined > in one inline asm block using the .macro directive to be used across > separate asm blocks. LLVM developers consider this a feature and not a > bug, recommending code refactoring: > > https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19749 > > As binutils doesn't allow macros to be redefined, this change uses > UNDEFINE_MRS_S and UNDEFINE_MSR_S to define corresponding macros > in-place and workaround gcc and clang limitations on redefining macros > across different assembler blocks. > > Specifically, the current state after preprocessing looks like this: > > asm volatile(".macro mXX_s ... .endm"); > void f() > { > asm volatile("mXX_s a, b"); > } > > With GCC, it gives macro redefinition error because sysreg.h is included > in multiple source files, and assembler code for all of them is later > combined for LTO (I've seen an intermediate file with hundreds of > identical definitions). > > With clang, it gives macro undefined error because clang doesn't allow > sharing macros between inline asm statements. > > I also seem to remember catching another sort of undefined error with > GCC due to reordering of macro definition asm statement and generated > asm code for function that uses the macro. > > The solution with defining and undefining for each use, while certainly > not elegant, satisfies both GCC and clang, LTO and non-LTO. > > Co-developed-by: Alex Matveev <[email protected]> > Co-developed-by: Yury Norov <[email protected]> > Co-developed-by: Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> > --- > v5: include register declaration in macro (rutland)
Cheers all, I've picked this up for 5.2 with the two Reviewed-by tags. Will
