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Re: [PATCH] off_t: fix register pair calculation for 64-bit case
- From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb dot de>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at tilera dot com>, Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>, cmetcalf at mellanox dot com, Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks dot com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 20:00:41 -0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] off_t: fix register pair calculation for 64-bit case
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On 27/06/2016 18:01, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday, June 27, 2016 9:11:51 AM CEST Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>>>
>>>> The whole idea of ILP32 patchset is to be a counterpart for kernel code
>>>> that clears top halves of registers unconditionally at now. It means we
>>>> cannot pass any 64-bit value in a single register, and that's what
>>>> the code under sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64 does. So I don't
>>>> understand how we can use it.
>>>
>>> The code in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64 seems to be made for
>>> the 64-bit syscall API, which is not appropriate here as the kernel
>>> port uses the 32-bit syscall API, now basically unchanged.
>>>
>>> This is the same as tile64/ilp32 does, but different from x86-64/ilp32
>>> (x32).
>>
>> I intend to send a patch upstream to consolidate all the fallocate
>> implementation to help this very issue. The idea is to use the same
>> pread consolidate idea:
>>
>> 1. Each architecture/ABI defines if its a ILP32 (__ASSUME_WORDSIZE64_ILP32)
>> and if off64_t differs in size of off_t (__ASSUME_OFF_DIFF_OFF64).
>> Currently, x32 defines __ASSUME_WORDSIZE64_ILP32 and only MIPS64-n32
>> defines both __ASSUME_WORDSIZE64_ILP32 and __ASSUME_OFF_DIFF_OFF64.
>>
>> 2. For the default function implementation (without the 64 suffix)
>> the symbol will be built if is 32-bits (__WORDSIZE==64) or
>> if off_t differs in size from off64_t (__ASSUME_OFF_DIFF_OFF64).
>>
>> It means that for architecture that only pass 64-bit off_t this
>> symbol won't be build.
>>
>> 3. The 64 variant of the function implementation (with the 64 suffix)
>> will be always build and a weak alias for the non-suffix variant
>> will be created if __WORDSIZE == 64 and if size of off64_t differs
>> from off_t.
>>
>> It means that for architecture that only pass 64-bits off_t
>> function will be an alias to function64.
>>
>> I think with this patch there is no need to more arch-specific implementation.
>
> Doesn't that assume that the kernel interface uses 64-bit registers
> to pass off_t? Yury's patch was specifically for the case where
> you use two 32-bit registers (or two lower halves of 64-bit registers
> in case of aarch64) but still want 64-bit off_t by default,
> i.e. (!defined(__ASSUME_WORDSIZE64_ILP32) && !defined(__ASSUME_OFF_DIFF_OFF64)).
>
> Arnd
>
So if I understood correctly AArch64/ILP32 will another way to handle
off_t/off64_t, which indeed the original patch make sense.