kernel_optimize_test/arch
Vineet Gupta 840c054fd0 ARC: Support syscall ABI v4
The syscall ABI includes the gcc functional calling ABI since a syscall
implies userland caller and kernel callee.

The current gcc ABI (v3) for ARCv2 ISA required 64-bit data be passed in
even-odd register pairs, (potentially punching reg holes when passing such
values as args). This was partly driven by the fact that the double-word
LDD/STD instructions in ARCv2 expect the register alignment and thus gcc
forcing this avoids extra MOV at the cost of a few unused register (which we
have plenty anyways).

This however was rejected as part of upstreaming gcc port to HS. So the new
ABI v4 doesn't enforce the even-odd reg restriction.

Do note that for ARCompact ISA builds v3 and v4 are practically the same in
terms of gcc code generation.

In terms of change management, we infer the new ABI if gcc 6.x onwards
is used for building the kernel.

This also needs a stable backport to enable older kernels to work with
new tools/user-space

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
2016-08-19 10:44:34 -07:00
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alpha RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
arc ARC: Support syscall ABI v4 2016-08-19 10:44:34 -07:00
arm * ARM bugfix and MSI injection support 2016-08-06 09:18:21 -04:00
arm64 * ARM bugfix and MSI injection support 2016-08-06 09:18:21 -04:00
avr32 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
blackfin dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
c6x dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
cris dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
frv RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
h8300 RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
hexagon dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
ia64 RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
m32r mm: do not pass mm_struct into handle_mm_fault 2016-07-26 16:19:19 -07:00
m68k RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
metag Metag architecture changes for v4.8 2016-08-05 08:58:00 -04:00
microblaze dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
mips Merge branch 'upstream' of git://git.linux-mips.org/pub/scm/ralf/upstream-linus 2016-08-06 09:13:11 -04:00
mn10300 RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
nios2 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
openrisc dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
parisc RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
powerpc RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
s390 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
score treewide: replace obsolete _refok by __ref 2016-08-02 17:31:41 -04:00
sh These changes improve device tree support (including builtin DTB), add 2016-08-06 09:00:05 -04:00
sparc RTC for 4.8 2016-08-05 09:48:22 -04:00
tile tile: support static_key usage in non-module __exit sections 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus-4.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2016-08-04 19:37:59 -04:00
unicore32 dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
x86 * ARM bugfix and MSI injection support 2016-08-06 09:18:21 -04:00
xtensa dma-mapping: use unsigned long for dma_attrs 2016-08-04 08:50:07 -04:00
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Kconfig Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:37:12 -04:00