Re: [PATCHv7] rtc: Add support for Intersil ISL12057 I2C RTC chip

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:53:16 +0100 Arnaud Ebalard <arno@natisbad.org> wrote:

> +static int isl12057_i2c_validate_chip(struct regmap *regmap)
> +{
> +	u8 regs[ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN];
> +	u8 mask[ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN] = { 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0xf8,
> +					  0xc0, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00,
> +					  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> +					  0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0x7c };
> +	int ret, i;
> +
> +	ret = regmap_bulk_read(regmap, 0, regs, ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN; ++i) {
> +		if (regs[i] & mask[i])	/* check if bits are cleared */
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

When I build this for x86_64, mask[] is assembled on-stack at runtime:

	leaq	-48(%rbp), %r14	#, tmp130
	xorl	%esi, %esi	#
	movl	$16, %ecx	#,
	movq	%rax, %rdi	# regmap,
	incq	.LPBX1+552(%rip)	# *.LPBX1
	movb	$-128, -64(%rbp)	#, mask
	movq	%r14, %rdx	# tmp130,
	movb	$-128, -63(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$-128, -62(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$-8, -61(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$-64, -60(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$96, -59(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -58(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -57(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -56(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -55(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -54(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -53(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -52(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$0, -51(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$96, -50(%rbp)	#, mask
	movb	$124, -49(%rbp)	#, mask
	call	regmap_bulk_read	#

If we make `mask' static const, that all gets done at compile time instead:

	leaq	-48(%rbp), %r14	#, tmp134
	xorl	%esi, %esi	#
	movl	$16, %ecx	#,
	movq	%rax, %rdi	# regmap,
	incq	.LPBX1+552(%rip)	# *.LPBX1
	movq	%r14, %rdx	# tmp134,
	call	regmap_bulk_read	#

much nicer.