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Re: [PATCH v5 12/23] xen/riscv: introduce io.h


  • To: Oleksii <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 16:32:49 +0100
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  • Cc: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@xxxxxxx>, Bob Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxxx>, Connor Davis <connojdavis@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:33:09 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 07.03.2024 14:44, Oleksii wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-03-07 at 14:24 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 07.03.2024 14:01, Oleksii wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2024-03-06 at 15:13 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> +/* Generic IO read/write.  These perform native-endian
>>>>> accesses.
>>>>> */
>>>>> +static inline void __raw_writeb(uint8_t val, volatile void
>>>>> __iomem
>>>>> *addr)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +    asm volatile ( "sb %0, 0(%1)" : : "r" (val), "r" (addr) );
>>>>> +}
>>>>
>>>> I realize this is like Linux has it, but how is the compiler to
>>>> know
>>>> that
>>>> *addr is being access here? 
>>> Assembler syntax told compiler that. 0(%1) - means that the memory
>>> location pointed to by the address in register %1.
>>
>> No, the compiler doesn't decompose the string to figure how operands
>> are used. That's what the constraints are for. The only two things
>> the
>> compiler does with the string is replace % operators and count line
>> separators.
> It looks like I am missing something.
> 
> addr -> a some register ( because of "r" contraint ).
> val -> is also register ( because of "r" contraint ).
> 
> So the compiler will update instert an instruction:
>  sb reg1, 0(reg2)
> 
> what means *(uint_8 *)reg2 = (uint8_t)reg1.
> 
> What am I missing?

The fact that the compiler will not know that *(uint_8 *)reg2 actually
changes across this asm(). It may therefore continue to hold a cached
value in a register, without knowing that its contents went stale.

Jan



 


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