From c1a0e9bc885d46e519fd87d35af6a7937abfb986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Burton Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:07:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: Allow compact branch policy to be changed When debugging it can be helpful to change the policy for compiler use of MIPSr6 compact branches, in order to rule out or home in on their involvement in bugs. Allow the GCC -mcompact-branches= flag to be set via Kconfig under the "Kernel hacking" menu. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/11178/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle --- arch/mips/Kconfig.debug | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/mips/Makefile | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug index e250524..13d7965 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug @@ -113,4 +113,40 @@ config SPINLOCK_TEST help Add several files to the debugfs to test spinlock speed. +if CPU_MIPSR6 + +choice + prompt "Compact branch policy" + default MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_OPTIMAL + +config MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_NEVER + bool "Never (force delay slot branches)" + help + Pass the -mcompact-branches=never flag to the compiler in order to + force it to always emit branches with delay slots, and make no use + of the compact branch instructions introduced by MIPSr6. This is + useful if you suspect there may be an issue with compact branches in + either the compiler or the CPU. + +config MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_OPTIMAL + bool "Optimal (use where beneficial)" + help + Pass the -mcompact-branches=optimal flag to the compiler in order for + it to make use of compact branch instructions where it deems them + beneficial, and use branches with delay slots elsewhere. This is the + default compiler behaviour, and should be used unless you have a + reason to choose otherwise. + +config MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_ALWAYS + bool "Always (force compact branches)" + help + Pass the -mcompact-branches=always flag to the compiler in order to + force it to always emit compact branches, making no use of branch + instructions with delay slots. This can result in more compact code + which may be beneficial in some scenarios. + +endchoice + +endif # CPU_MIPSR6 + endmenu diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile index 252e347..3f70ba5 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Makefile +++ b/arch/mips/Makefile @@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ toolchain-msa := $(call cc-option-yn,$(mips-cflags) -mhard-float -mfp64 -Wa$( cflags-$(toolchain-msa) += -DTOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_MSA endif +cflags-$(CONFIG_MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_NEVER) += -mcompact-branches=never +cflags-$(CONFIG_MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_OPTIMAL) += -mcompact-branches=optimal +cflags-$(CONFIG_MIPS_COMPACT_BRANCHES_ALWAYS) += -mcompact-branches=always + # # Firmware support # -- 2.7.4