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author | Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> | 2025-02-28 09:51:15 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2025-02-28 10:18:26 +0100 |
commit | 023f3290b02552ea006c1a2013e373750d2cbff6 (patch) | |
tree | 9a9ddea4298f7f4a2837cf57d439aa5695103346 /rust/kernel/workqueue.rs | |
parent | 337369f8ce9e20226402cf139c4f0d3ada7d1705 (diff) |
x86/locking: Remove semicolon from "lock" prefix
Minimum version of binutils required to compile the kernel is 2.25.
This version correctly handles the "lock" prefix, so it is possible
to remove the semicolon, which was used to support ancient versions
of GNU as.
Due to the semicolon, the compiler considers "lock; insn" as two
separate instructions. Removing the semicolon makes asm length
calculations more accurate, consequently making scheduling and
inlining decisions of the compiler more accurate.
Removing the semicolon also enables assembler checks involving lock
prefix. Trying to assemble e.g. "lock andl %eax, %ebx" results in:
Error: expecting lockable instruction after `lock'
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250228085149.2478245-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
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