[patch 1/2] i386: use asm() like the other atomic operations already do.

From: Sebastian Siewior
Date: Tue Aug 14 2007 - 18:57:42 EST


As Segher pointed out, inline asm is better than the volatile casting all over
the place. From the PowerPC patch description:
Also use inline functions instead of macros; this actually
improves code generation (some code becomes a little smaller,
probably because of improved alias information -- just a few
hundred bytes total on a default kernel build, nothing shocking).

My config with march=pentium-m and gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2):
text data bss dec hex filename
3434150 249176 176128 3859454 3ae3fe atomic_normal/vmlinux
3435308 249176 176128 3860612 3ae884 atomic_inlineasm/vmlinux
3436201 249176 176128 3861505 3aec01 atomic_inline_volatile/vmlinux
3436203 249176 176128 3861507 3aec03 atomic_volatile/vmlinux

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Siewior <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
@@ -22,19 +22,34 @@ typedef struct { int counter; } atomic_t
/**
* atomic_read - read atomic variable
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
- *
+ *
* Atomically reads the value of @v.
- */
-#define atomic_read(v) ((v)->counter)
+ */
+static __inline__ int atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
+{
+ int t;
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__(
+ "movl %1,%0"
+ : "=r"(t)
+ : "m"(v->counter));
+ return t;
+}

/**
* atomic_set - set atomic variable
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
* @i: required value
- *
+ *
* Atomically sets the value of @v to @i.
- */
-#define atomic_set(v,i) (((v)->counter) = (i))
+ */
+static __inline__ void atomic_set(atomic_t *v, int i)
+{
+ __asm__ __volatile__(
+ "movl %1,%0"
+ : "=m"(v->counter)
+ : "ir"(i));
+}

/**
* atomic_add - add integer to atomic variable

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