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SubjectRe: [PATCH] parisc: prefer _THIS_IP_ and _RET_IP_ statement expressions
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On 2018-08-02 4:31 PM, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> If I understand your point correctly, is it that you're saying that
> _THIS_IP_ should be implemented in terms of inline assembly (as in
> what current_text_addr() is currently)? If that's what you mean and
> I'm understanding correctly, my point is that we should be preferring
> the generic C implementation as that's what's being used in most
> places currently, so if it was broken you'd likely already know about
> it. Unless unwinding is truly broken by the additional label, I don't
> think we need an inline assembly implementation of current_text_addr()
> for parisc (or any arch for that matter). If we do, then it can be
> localized to the parisc unwinding code, that way it can be
> consolidated everywhere else for every other arch.
The label breaks the unwind data, not the unwind code.  So, localizing
the use of
current_text_addr() to the parisc unwind code doesn't help.

Personally, I prefer the implementation of current_text_addr() because:

1) The generated code is smaller, and
2) it doesn't introduce any unnecessary labels into the text.

As noted, these labels can cause issues with unwinding.

Dave

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John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net

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