Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions

From	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions
Date	2015-11-24 15:10 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:29:06PM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:10:02PM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> >> Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:38:53AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >> >> I suggested using -mcpu=cortex-a15 because there are old gcc versions
> >> >> that don't know about -march=armv7ve or -march=armv7-a+idiv yet, but
> >> >> that do understand -mcpu=cortex-a15.
> >> >
> >> > That's not all.  The bigger problem is that there are toolchains out
> >> > there which accept these options, but do _not_ support IDIV in either
> >> > ARM or Thumb mode.  I'm afraid that makes it impossible to add this
> >> > feature to the mainline kernel in this form: we need to run a test
> >> > build to check that -march=armv7ve or what-not really does work
> >> > through both GCC and GAS.
> >> 
> >> If the compiler accepts the option but doesn't actually emit any div
> >> instructions, is there any real harm?
> >
> > That's not what I've found.  I've found that asking the assembler
> > to accept idiv instructions appears to be ignored, which is something
> > completely different.
> >
> > Further to this, what it comes down to is the stupid idea that the
> > compiler should embed .arch / .cpu in the assembly output, which has
> > the effect of overriding the command line arguments given to it via
> > -Wa.  So, giving -Wa,-mcpu=cortex-a15 is a total no-op, because the
> > first thing in the assembly output is:
> >
> > 	.arch armv7-a
> >
> > which kills off any attempt to set the assembly level ISA from the
> > command line.
> 
> Oh, you mean the compiler knows about the instructions but the assembler
> doesn't or isn't passed the right options.  It's infuriating when that
> happens.

No, that isn't what I meant.

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[RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-21 02:30 +0100
  [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-21 02:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-21 11:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-11-23 22:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 22:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-23 22:10 +0100
          Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 22:20 +0100
            Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-23 22:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/3] recordmcount: Record locations of  __aeabi_{u}idiv() calls on ARM Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-24 02:10 +0100
  [RFC/PATCH 1/3] scripts: Allow recordmcount to be used without tracing enabled Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-21 02:30 +0100
  [RFC/PATCH 3/3] ARM: Replace calls to __aeabi_{u}idiv with udiv/sdiv instructions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-21 02:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] ARM: Replace calls to __aeabi_{u}idiv with udiv/sdiv instructions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-21 13:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] ARM: Replace calls to __aeabi_{u}idiv with  udiv/sdiv instructions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 22:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] ARM: Replace calls to __aeabi_{u}idiv with udiv/sdiv instructions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-23 22:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC/PATCH 3/3] ARM: Replace calls to __aeabi_{u}idiv with  udiv/sdiv instructions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 22:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-21 21:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-21 22:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-21 23:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 00:20 +0100
          Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 00:30 +0100
            Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> - 2015-11-22 14:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 20:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-22 20:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-22 20:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 21:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-22 21:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 21:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-22 21:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-22 22:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> - 2015-11-23 03:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-23 09:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv  library functions Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 15:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-23 16:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 21:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-23 22:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-23 22:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-23 23:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-24 00:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-24 11:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-24 13:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-24 14:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-25 03:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-25 08:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-24 01:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-24 10:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-24 11:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 11:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-24 13:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-24 13:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Måns Rullgård <mans@mansr.com> - 2015-11-24 15:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 15:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 13:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 11:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> - 2015-11-24 21:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 21:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-24 22:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library  functions Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-24 11:40 +0100
  Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] ARM: Use udiv/sdiv for __aeabi_{u}idiv library functions Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-21 21:50 +0100

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