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* gcc inline asm unknown mnemonics problems
@ 2022-09-20  4:47 mike
  2022-09-20  5:39 ` Xi Ruoyao
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: mike @ 2022-09-20  4:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-help; +Cc: mike

// gcc_inline_asm_unknown_mnemonics_problems.txt


To:        gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org

From:    Mike Bennett

             gmbgmb@smwireless.net

Before I forget;  Thanks for all your good work.  I seldom get good info
that has not originated from our efforts.

I am having a problem using ldrexb and strexb using inline assembler.  The
code is running on a RPi4 on ubuntu 20.04LTS.

I get an error message "Error: unknown mnemonic `ldrexb' -- `ldrexb 
x0,[[sp,8]]'"

I upgraded from gcc 9.4 to gcc 10.3 .  It made no difference.

I found a bug report with the following title that may be the cause.

     "Bug# 1017961: mozjs102: Fails to build on armel"

The latest versions of gcc are prior to the date on the bug report.

My questions are:

     1. Is this bug the cause of my problem?

     2. If this is the problem, is there a work around?

     3. If the problem is something else please identify the problem?

If you can, please send me an email at the address above.

     Thanks Mike.


The test program that illustrates the problem is shown below along with the
make file output.


//***************
//  test_ie.h
//***************


#ifndef MACHINE_TYPE_ARM_PI

   /* take out WINAPI in "static FORCEINLINE long WINAPI" line below */

   static inline long InterlockedExchange( long volatile *dest, long val )
   {
     long ret;
     __asm__ __volatile__( "lock; xchgl %k0,(%1)"
                           : "=r" (ret) :"r" (dest), "0" (val) : "memory" );
     return ret;
    }

#else

     /*  %1  is output = __ret,
         %3= *dest is the mutex location,
         %2= val the value to put in the mutex
             when locked or unlocked,
             locked=1, 0=unlocked
      */

     static inline volatile long InterlockedExchange( long volatile 
*dest, long val )
       {
         long __ret;        /* return value, is the value of lockflag 
loaded by ldrex */
                           /* success/fail result of strex, 0 = success */

         if (val != 0)
           {

                 long reg_val;

                 __asm__ __volatile__
                         (
                             "mov     %0, %2            \n\t"    /* put 
lock value in reg */
                             "ldrexb %1, [%3]           \n\t"    /* load 
mutex lock word */
                             "cmp    %1, #0               \n\t" /* see 
if mutex is free, ie lock = 0 */
/****** this cmp is required to set the condition
                                                              that 
allows strexb to write.  ********/
                              "strexb %1, %0, [%3]       \n\t" /* store 
lock value in %0 at mem addr %3, */
                               "                       \n\t"   /* put 
result status in r1 */
                               "cmp    %1, #0            \n\t" /* if 
strex was successful %1 will be
                             "                        \n\t"   /* a zero */
                             "beq    ok                \n\t"    /* if 
success, set return value */

                             :[reg_val] "=r" (reg_val), [__ret] "=r" 
(__ret)
                             :[val] "m" (val), [dest] "m" (dest)
                             : "cc","memory"
                          );
                    __ret = 1;    /* failed to get control of mutex */
                 goto n_ok;
                 ok: __ret = 0;

            }
           else
              {
                 *dest = val;
                 __ret = val;

               }

     n_ok:

     return __ret;

     }

#endif





//*******************
// gcc_pi_asm_test.c
//*******************

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <pthread.h>

#define MACHINE_TYPE_ARM_PI TRUE


#include <test_ie.h>


struct timespec delay_0___1_sec = {0,   1000000 };       //delay 0.001 sec

int nanosleep(const struct timespec *, struct timespec *);

long lock_flag;

//**********************************
//  int main()
//**********************************

int main()
{
   long ret_val;

     while (  (ret_val = InterlockedExchange( &lock_flag, 1) ) != 0)
     {
         ret_val = nanosleep( &delay_0___1_sec, NULL);   // 1 msec
      }

     return 0;

  }



//*********************
//    make output
//*********************

mike@pi44:/media/mike/F512_5/Mike/Software/0_Pi4_builds/gcc_pi_asm_test/source$ 

make
gcc -g -c -std=iso9899:1999 -o obj/gcc_pi_asm_test.o gcc_pi_asm_test.c 
-I../include
/tmp/ccVbuJ1z.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccVbuJ1z.s:26: Error: unknown mnemonic `ldrexb' -- `ldrexb x0,[[sp,8]]'
/tmp/ccVbuJ1z.s:28: Error: unknown mnemonic `strexb' -- `strexb 
x0,x1,[[sp,8]]'
/tmp/ccVbuJ1z.s:25: Error: undefined symbol sp used as an immediate value
make: *** [makefile:37: obj/gcc_pi_asm_test.o] Error 1
mike@pi44:/media/mike/F512_5/Mike/Software/0_Pi4_builds/gcc_pi_asm_test/source$


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* Re: gcc inline asm unknown mnemonics problems
  2022-09-20  4:47 gcc inline asm unknown mnemonics problems mike
@ 2022-09-20  5:39 ` Xi Ruoyao
  2022-09-20 10:26   ` Andrew Haley
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xi Ruoyao @ 2022-09-20  5:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: mike; +Cc: gcc-help

On Mon, 2022-09-19 at 21:47 -0700, mike wrote:

/* snip */

> I am having a problem using ldrexb and strexb using inline assembler.  The
> code is running on a RPi4 on ubuntu 20.04LTS.
> 
> I get an error message "Error: unknown mnemonic `ldrexb' -- `ldrexb 
> x0,[[sp,8]]'"

ldrexb and strexb are Thumb-2 instructions, but RPi4 uses an AArch64
CPU. AArch64 is an extension of the classic ARM instruction set, not an
extension of Thumb-2.  So you can't use them on AArch64.


-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

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* Re: gcc inline asm unknown mnemonics problems
  2022-09-20  5:39 ` Xi Ruoyao
@ 2022-09-20 10:26   ` Andrew Haley
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Haley @ 2022-09-20 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-help

On 9/20/22 06:39, Xi Ruoyao via Gcc-help wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-09-19 at 21:47 -0700, mike wrote:
> 
> /* snip */
> 
>> I am having a problem using ldrexb and strexb using inline assembler.  The
>> code is running on a RPi4 on ubuntu 20.04LTS.
>>
>> I get an error message "Error: unknown mnemonic `ldrexb' -- `ldrexb
>> x0,[[sp,8]]'"
> 
> ldrexb and strexb are Thumb-2 instructions, but RPi4 uses an AArch64
> CPU. AArch64 is an extension of the classic ARM instruction set, not an
> extension of Thumb-2.  So you can't use them on AArch64.

The AArch64 name of that instruction is LDAXRB. I'm assuming you're running
a 64-bit kernel: you don't say.

-- 
Andrew Haley  (he/him)
Java Platform Lead Engineer
Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
https://keybase.io/andrewhaley
EAC8 43EB D3EF DB98 CC77 2FAD A5CD 6035 332F A671


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