s390: Remove VLAIS in ptff() and clear_table()
The ptff() and clear_table() functions use the gcc extension "variable length arrays in structures" (VLAIS) to define in the inline assembler constraints the area of the clobbered memory. This extension will most likely never be supported by LLVM/Clang. Since currently BPF programs are compiled with LLVM, this leads to the following compile errors: $ cd samples/bpf $ make In file included from /root/linux-master/samples/bpf/tracex1_kern.c:8: In file included from ./include/linux/netdevice.h:44: ... In file included from ./arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h:10: ./arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h:30:24: error: fields must have a constant size: 'variable length array in structure' extension will never be supported typedef struct { char _[n]; } addrtype; In file included from /root/linux-master/samples/bpf/tracex1_kern.c:7: In file included from ./include/linux/skbuff.h:18: ... In file included from ./include/linux/jiffies.h:8: In file included from ./include/linux/timex.h:65: ./arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h:105:24: error: fields must have a constant size: 'variable length array in structure' extension will never be supported typedef struct { char _[len]; } addrtype; To fix this do the following: - Convert ptff() into a macro that then uses a fixed size array when expanded. - Convert the clear_table() function and use an inline assembly with fixed size array in a loop. The runtime performance of the new version is even better than the old version (tested with EC12/z13 and gcc 4.8.5/6.2.1 with "-march=z196 -O2"). Reported-by: Zvonko Kosic <zvonko.kosic@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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