[PATCH] ARM: Avoid compiler optimization for readb, writeb and friends.

Alexander Holler holler at ahsoftware.de
Sat Dec 18 23:27:10 CET 2010


gcc 4.5.1 seems to ignore (at least some) volatile definitions,
avoid that as done in the kernel.

Reading C99 6.7.3 8 and the comment 114) there, I think it is a bug of that
gcc version to ignore the volatile type qualifier used e.g. in __arch_getl().
Anyway, using a definition as in the kernel headers avoids such optimizations when
gcc 4.5.1 is used.

Maybe the headers as used in the current linux-kernel should be used,
but to avoid large changes, I've just added a small change to the current headers.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <holler at ahsoftware.de>
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/io.h |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
index ff1518e..647503a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/io.h
@@ -117,21 +117,29 @@ extern inline void __raw_readsl(unsigned int addr, void *data, int longlen)
 		*buf++ = __arch_getl(addr);
 }
 
-#define __raw_writeb(v,a)		__arch_putb(v,a)
-#define __raw_writew(v,a)		__arch_putw(v,a)
-#define __raw_writel(v,a)		__arch_putl(v,a)
+#define __raw_writeb(v,a)	__arch_putb(v,a)
+#define __raw_writew(v,a)	__arch_putw(v,a)
+#define __raw_writel(v,a)	__arch_putl(v,a)
 
-#define __raw_readb(a)			__arch_getb(a)
-#define __raw_readw(a)			__arch_getw(a)
-#define __raw_readl(a)			__arch_getl(a)
+#define __raw_readb(a)		__arch_getb(a)
+#define __raw_readw(a)		__arch_getw(a)
+#define __raw_readl(a)		__arch_getl(a)
 
-#define writeb(v,a)			__arch_putb(v,a)
-#define writew(v,a)			__arch_putw(v,a)
-#define writel(v,a)			__arch_putl(v,a)
+/*
+ * TODO: The kernel offers some more advanced versions of barriers, it might
+ * have some advantages to use them instead of the simple one here.
+ */
+#define dmb()		__asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
+#define __iormb()	dmb()
+#define __iowmb()	dmb()
+
+#define writeb(v,c)	do { __iowmb(); __arch_putb(v,c); } while (0)
+#define writew(v,c)	do { __iowmb(); __arch_putw(v,c); } while (0)
+#define writel(v,c)	do { __iowmb(); __arch_putl(v,c); } while (0)
 
-#define readb(a)			__arch_getb(a)
-#define readw(a)			__arch_getw(a)
-#define readl(a)			__arch_getl(a)
+#define readb(c)	({ u8  __v = __arch_getb(c); __iormb(); __v; })
+#define readw(c)	({ u16 __v = __arch_getw(c); __iormb(); __v; })
+#define readl(c)	({ u32 __v = __arch_getl(c); __iormb(); __v; })
 
 /*
  * The compiler seems to be incapable of optimising constants
-- 
1.7.3.3


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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