Re: [PATCH] sh: use generic uaccess

Hi Arnd,

On Tue, 2024-01-23 at 15:14 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2024, at 14:55, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > 
> > Wouldn't that make these operations slower or do you think that GCC is able
> > to optimize this well enough?
> 
> It's only single load/store instructions, so it should make no
> difference. If anything, the generic code should allow the compiler
> to have better register allocation and produce better output than
> the assembler version (which is how this avoids the ICE), but it's
> unlikely to be noticeably either.

I have not seen an ICE on v6.8-rc1 so far. What config was it that triggered it?

> > Also, this is something that should definitely be boot-tested to make sure
> > this doesn't introduce any regressions.
> 
> Agree.

Adrian

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