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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/5] lib: implement __arch_bitrev8x4()
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Will,


On 12/19/2016 02:06 AM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 03:17:51PM -0800, Joshua Clayton wrote:
>> Implement faster bitrev8x4() for arm, arm64 and mips, all the platforms
>> with CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BITREVERSE.
>> ARM platforms just need a byteswap added to the existing __arch_bitrev32()
>> Amusingly, the mips implementation is exactly the opposite, requiring
>> removal of the byteswap from its __arch_bitrev32()
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Joshua Clayton <stillcompiling@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/include/asm/bitrev.h | 6 ++++++
>> arch/arm64/include/asm/bitrev.h | 6 ++++++
>> arch/mips/include/asm/bitrev.h | 6 ++++++
>> include/linux/bitrev.h | 1 +
>> 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitrev.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> index ec291c3..9482f78 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> @@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ static __always_inline __attribute_const__ u8 __arch_bitrev8(u8 x)
>> return __arch_bitrev32((u32)x) >> 24;
>> }
>>
>> +static __always_inline __attribute_const__ u32 __arch_bitrev8x4(u32 x)
>> +{
>> + __asm__ ("rbit %0, %1; rev %0, %0" : "=r" (x) : "r" (x));
>> + return x;
>> +}
>> +
>> #endif
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/bitrev.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> index a5a0c36..1801078 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/bitrev.h
>> @@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ static __always_inline __attribute_const__ u8 __arch_bitrev8(u8 x)
>> return __arch_bitrev32((u32)x) >> 24;
>> }
>>
>> +static __always_inline __attribute_const__ u32 __arch_bitrev8x4(u32 x)
>> +{
>> + __asm__ ("rbit %0, %1; rev %0, %0" : "=r" (x) : "r" (x));
> This is broken -- you're operating on 64-bit registers. I only noticed
> because if you write:
Ugh. mea culpa. I squinted at the AARCH64 asm and erroneously
believed it to be the same as arm.
> swab32(bitrev32(x))
>
> then GCC generates:
>
> rbit w0, w0
> rev w0, w0
>
> so perhaps we should just implement the asm-generic version like that
> and not bother with the arch-specific stuff?
>
> Will
You are so right.
That is exactly what I will do.

Thanks,

Joshua

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