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The GCC_OFF_SMALL_ASM macro defines the constraint to use for
instructions needing "small offsets", typically the LL or SC
instructions. Historically these had 16 bit offsets, but microMIPS &
MIPS32/MIPS64r6 onwards reduced the width of the offset field.
GCC 4.9 & higher supports a ZC constraint which matches the offset
requirements of the LL & SC instructions. Where supported we can use
the ZC constraint regardless of ISA, and it will handle the requirements
of the ISA correctly. As such we require 3 cases:
- GCC 4.9 & higher can use ZC.
- GCC older than 4.9 must use the older R constraint, which does not
take into account microMIPS or MIPSr6.
- microMIPS builds therefore require GCC 4.9 or higher. MIPSr6 support
was only introduced in newer compilers anyway so it can be ignored
here.
The current code complicates this a little by specifically having MIPSr6
bypass the GCC version check, and using the R constraint for pre-MIPSr6
builds even if the compiler supports ZC which would be equivalent.
Simplify this such that the code straightforwardly implements the 3
cases outlined above.
For non-GCC compilers we presume that ZC is safe to use. In practice the
only non-GCC compiler of interest is clang and it has supported the ZC
constraint since version 3.7.0. It seems safe enough to presume that
nobody will expect to built a working kernel using a clang version older
than that, and if they do then they'll have bigger problems. As such we
don't check the clang version number & just presume ZC is usable when
the compiler is not GCC.
Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/20999/
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.