Re: [PATCH] MIPS: PowerTV: Use fls() carefully where static optimization is required

[Shinya Kuribayashi <shinya.kuribayashi.px@renesas.com>]

Hi,

On 7/4/2010 2:03 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>  Malta also supports a couple of MIPS IV processors too, so please be 
> careful about such assumptions.

Ah, that's the answer I'm looking for, thanks!  So current irq_ffs()
form (clz() is enabled only when CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32/64 is selected) is
well-suited for Malta platform, and it seems better to leave them as
they are.  I'll drop the patch from my list.

>> +    if (__builtin_constant_p(cpu_has_clo_clz) && cpu_has_clo_clz) {
>> +            int x;
>> +            __asm__(
>> +            "       .set    push                                    \n"
>> +            "       .set    mips32                                  \n"
>> +            "       clz     %0, %1                                  \n"
>> +            "       .set    pop                                     \n"
>> +            : "=r" (x)
>> +            : "r" (pending));
>> +
>> +            return -x + 31 - CAUSEB_IP;
>> +    }
> 
>  Hmm, ".set mips32" looks dodgy here.  For pre-MIPS32/64 platforms this 
> code should never make it to the assembler and if it did, then a 
> build-time error is better than a run-time problem.

I see, cpu_has_clo_clz doesn't work well for platforms such as Malta.
Malta can support several ISAs at a time, which is very valuable, but
hard to be optimized :-)

>  It might be simpler just to use __builtin_ffs() for this variant though.  
> Inline assembly is better avoided unless absolutely required.  Not even 
> mentioning readability.

Hm.  It might be simpler, but it's not the purpose of irq_ffs(), IMHO.

-- 
Shinya Kuribayashi
Renesas Electronics