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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
	Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
	x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 12/14] x86/boot: tweak a20.c for better code generation
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:54:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260120195407.1163051-13-hpa@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260120195407.1163051-1-hpa@zytor.com>

Do some minor tweaks to arch/x86/boot/a20.c for better code
generation, made possible by the __seg_fs/__seg_gs changes.

Move the die() call to a20.c itself; there is no reason to push an
error code upwards just to die() there.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
---
 arch/x86/boot/a20.c  | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 arch/x86/boot/boot.h |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/pm.c   |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/a20.c b/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
index 52c3fccdcb70..38a1cad8a553 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/a20.c
@@ -53,24 +53,22 @@ static int empty_8042(void)
 
 static int a20_test(int loops)
 {
-	int ok = 0;
 	int saved, ctr;
 
 	set_fs(0xffff);
 
 	saved = ctr = rdgs32(A20_TEST_ADDR);
 
-	while (loops--) {
+	do {
 		wrgs32(++ctr, A20_TEST_ADDR);
 		io_delay();	/* Serialize and make delay constant */
 		barrier();	/* Compiler won't know about fs/gs overlap */
-		ok = rdfs32(A20_TEST_ADDR+0x10) ^ ctr;
-		if (ok)
+		if (rdfs32(A20_TEST_ADDR+0x10) != ctr)
 			break;
-	}
+	} while (--loops);
 
 	wrgs32(saved, A20_TEST_ADDR);
-	return ok;
+	return loops;
 }
 
 /* Quick test to see if A20 is already enabled */
@@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ static void enable_a20_fast(void)
 
 #define A20_ENABLE_LOOPS 255	/* Number of times to try */
 
-int enable_a20(void)
+void enable_a20(void)
 {
        int loops = A20_ENABLE_LOOPS;
        int kbc_err;
@@ -134,30 +132,30 @@ int enable_a20(void)
 	       /* First, check to see if A20 is already enabled
 		  (legacy free, etc.) */
 	       if (a20_test_short())
-		       return 0;
+		       return;
 
 	       /* Next, try the BIOS (INT 0x15, AX=0x2401) */
 	       enable_a20_bios();
 	       if (a20_test_short())
-		       return 0;
+		       return;
 
 	       /* Try enabling A20 through the keyboard controller */
 	       kbc_err = empty_8042();
 
 	       if (a20_test_short())
-		       return 0; /* BIOS worked, but with delayed reaction */
+		       return; /* BIOS worked, but with delayed reaction */
 
 	       if (!kbc_err) {
 		       enable_a20_kbc();
 		       if (a20_test_long())
-			       return 0;
+			      return;
 	       }
 
 	       /* Finally, try enabling the "fast A20 gate" */
 	       enable_a20_fast();
 	       if (a20_test_long())
-		       return 0;
+		       return;
        }
 
-       return -1;
+       die("A20 gate not responding, unable to boot...\n");
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
index 4d3549ed7987..584c89d0738b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/boot.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void copy_to_fs(addr_t dst, void *src, size_t len);
 void *copy_from_fs(void *dst, addr_t src, size_t len);
 
 /* a20.c */
-int enable_a20(void);
+void enable_a20(void);
 
 /* apm.c */
 int query_apm_bios(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
index 3be89ba4b1b3..e39689ed65ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/pm.c
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ void go_to_protected_mode(void)
 	realmode_switch_hook();
 
 	/* Enable the A20 gate */
-	if (enable_a20())
-		die("A20 gate not responding, unable to boot...\n");
+	enable_a20();
 
 	/* Reset coprocessor (IGNNE#) */
 	reset_coprocessor();
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-20 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260119192923.651588-1-hpa@zytor.com>
2026-01-20 19:53 ` [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1 H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 01/14] x86/realmode: remove I/O port paravirtualization H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 21:47     ` David Laight
2026-01-21 12:27     ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-01-28 17:01     ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 02/14] x86/realmode: make %gs == 0 an invariant H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 22:40     ` David Laight
2026-01-20 22:51       ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21  0:47       ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:03     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 03/14] x86/boot: use <linux/compiler.h> H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:04     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 04/14] x86/boot: modernize the segment structure for the header and setup H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 05/14] x86/boot: call puts() from within die() H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:07     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 06/14] x86/boot: add comment barriers for the different headers H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:53   ` [PATCH v1 07/14] x86/boot: factor out the 16-bit startup code from header.S H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:08     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 08/14] x86: make CONFIG_EFI_STUB unconditional H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 09/14] x86/boot: make the relocatable kernel unconditional H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 10/14] x86/boot: explicitly put the old command line pointer in header.S H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 11/14] x86/boot: use __seg_fs and __seg_gs in the real-mode boot code H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21  8:56     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21  9:40       ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21 15:13       ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 16:03         ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-22 18:57       ` [PATCH v1 08/14] x86: make CONFIG_EFI_STUB unconditional Simon Glass
2026-01-23  0:11         ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-26 21:19           ` Simon Glass
2026-01-26 22:20             ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27  1:44               ` Simon Glass
2026-01-27  2:39                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27  2:54                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-27  3:14                   ` Simon Glass
2026-01-27  3:21                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-29 22:13                       ` Simon Glass
2026-01-29 22:22                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 16:07     ` [PATCH v1 11/14] x86/boot: use __seg_fs and __seg_gs in the real-mode boot code Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2026-01-21 10:10     ` [PATCH v1 12/14] x86/boot: tweak a20.c for better code generation Uros Bizjak
2026-01-21 11:49     ` David Laight
2026-01-24  3:00       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-01-24  4:24         ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-24 23:07           ` David Laight
2026-01-24 23:16             ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-24 23:40               ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 13/14] x86/boot: simplify x86/boot/cmdline.c by using __seg_fs H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:11     ` Uros Bizjak
2026-01-20 19:54   ` [PATCH v1 14/14] compiler-gcc: Remove obsolete RELOC_HIDE() macro H. Peter Anvin
2026-01-21 10:18   ` [PATCH v1 00/14] x86 boot code cleanups, batch 1 Uros Bizjak

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