On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 02:17:58PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 10:31 PM Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> wrote: > > > -#define xip_iprefetch() do { asm volatile (".rep 8; nop; .endr"); } > > while (0) > > +#define xip_iprefetch() do { > > \ > > + asm volatile ("nop; nop; nop; nop; nop; nop; nop; nop;"); \ > > +} while (0) \ > > This is certainly an OK fix since we use a row of inline nop at > other places. > > However after Russell explained the other nops I didn't understand I located > these in boot/compressed/head.S as this in __start: > > .rept 7 > __nop > .endr > #ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL > mov r0, r0 > #else > > And certainly this gets compiled, right? > > So does .rept/.endr work better than .rep/.endr, is it simply mis-spelled? > > I.e. s/.rep/.rept/g > ? > > In that case we should explain in the commit that .rep doesn't work > but .rept does.
According to the info pages for gas: 7.96 `.rept COUNT' ================== Repeat the sequence of lines between the `.rept' directive and the next `.endr' directive COUNT times. So yes, ".rep" is mis-spelled, and it brings up the obvious question: why isn't gas issuing an error for ".rep"? There is no mention of ".rep" in the manual. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up