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| author | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2006-12-07 02:14:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Andi Kleen <andi@basil.nowhere.org> | 2006-12-07 02:14:12 +0100 |
| commit | a1a70c25bed75ed36ed48bbe18b9029428d2452d (patch) | |
| tree | 0ab9fcebc25f9f71be61f91bfca96aa1e0585a0d | |
| parent | 73ad8355d7db6a3cdcf313d4a4586a8f81b19c2f (diff) | |
| download | op-kernel-dev-a1a70c25bed75ed36ed48bbe18b9029428d2452d.zip op-kernel-dev-a1a70c25bed75ed36ed48bbe18b9029428d2452d.tar.gz | |
[PATCH] i386: always enable regparm
-mregparm=3 has been enabled by default for some time on i386, and AFAIK
there aren't any problems with it left.
This patch removes the REGPARM config option and sets -mregparm=3
unconditionally.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/Kconfig | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-i386/module.h | 8 |
4 files changed, 2 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt index f39c9d7..a2afca3 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt @@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ consider the following facts about the Linux kernel: - different structures can contain different fields - Some functions may not be implemented at all, (i.e. some locks compile away to nothing for non-SMP builds.) - - Parameter passing of variables from function to function can be - done in different ways (the CONFIG_REGPARM option controls - this.) - Memory within the kernel can be aligned in different ways, depending on the build options. - Linux runs on a wide range of different processor architectures. diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index bb1fa06..b6b2df4 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -721,20 +721,6 @@ config BOOT_IOREMAP depends on (((X86_SUMMIT || X86_GENERICARCH) && NUMA) || (X86 && EFI)) default y -config REGPARM - bool "Use register arguments" - default y - help - Compile the kernel with -mregparm=3. This instructs gcc to use - a more efficient function call ABI which passes the first three - arguments of a function call via registers, which results in denser - and faster code. - - If this option is disabled, then the default ABI of passing - arguments via the stack is used. - - If unsure, say Y. - config SECCOMP bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode" depends on PROC_FS diff --git a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile index d1aca52..f7ac1ae 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Makefile +++ b/arch/i386/Makefile @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --emit-relocs endif CHECKFLAGS += -D__i386__ -CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float +CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float -mregparm=3 # prevent gcc from keeping the stack 16 byte aligned CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2) @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2) # CPU-specific tuning. Anything which can be shared with UML should go here. include $(srctree)/arch/i386/Makefile.cpu -cflags-$(CONFIG_REGPARM) += -mregparm=3 - # temporary until string.h is fixed cflags-y += -ffreestanding diff --git a/include/asm-i386/module.h b/include/asm-i386/module.h index fe5ae42..02f8f54 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/module.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/module.h @@ -62,18 +62,12 @@ struct mod_arch_specific #error unknown processor family #endif -#ifdef CONFIG_REGPARM -#define MODULE_REGPARM "REGPARM " -#else -#define MODULE_REGPARM "" -#endif - #ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS #define MODULE_STACKSIZE "4KSTACKS " #else #define MODULE_STACKSIZE "" #endif -#define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY MODULE_REGPARM MODULE_STACKSIZE +#define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY MODULE_STACKSIZE #endif /* _ASM_I386_MODULE_H */ |
