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[v2] tools/nolibc: fix up size inflate regression

Message ID 95fe3e732f455fab653fe1427118d905e4d04257.1691339836.git.falcon@tinylab.org (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2] tools/nolibc: fix up size inflate regression | expand

Commit Message

Zhangjin Wu Aug. 6, 2023, 4:46 p.m. UTC
As reported and suggested by Willy, the inline __sysret() helper
introduces three types of conversions and increases the size:

(1) the "unsigned long" argument to __sysret() forces a sign extension
from all sys_* functions that used to return 'int'

(2) the comparison with the error range now has to be performed on a
'unsigned long' instead of an 'int'

(3) the return value from __sysret() is a 'long' (note, a signed long)
which then has to be turned back to an 'int' before being returned by the
caller to satisfy the caller's prototype.

To fix up this, firstly, let's use macro instead of inline function to
preserves the input type and avoids these useless conversions (1), (3).

Secondly, comparison to -MAX_ERRNO inflicts on all integer returns where
we could previously keep a simple sign comparison, let's use a new
is_signed_type() macro from include/linux/compiler.h to limit the
comparision to -MAX_ERRNO (2) only on demand and preserves a simple sign
comparision for most of the cases as before.

Thirdly, fix up the following warning by an explicit conversion and let
__sysret() be able to accept the (void *) type of argument:

    sysroot/powerpc/include/sys.h: In function 'sbrk':
    sysroot/powerpc/include/sys.h:104:16: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
      104 |         return (void *)__sysret(-ENOMEM);

Fourthly, to further workaround the argument type with 'const', must use
__auto_type in a new enough version or use 'long' as before.

Here reports the size testing result with nolibc-test:

before:

    // ppc64le
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27916	      8	     80	  28004	   6d64	nolibc-test

    // mips
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      23276	     64	     64	  23404	   5b6c	nolibc-test

after:

    // ppc64le
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27736	      8	     80	  27824	   6cb0	nolibc-test

    // mips
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      23036	     64	     64	  23164	   5a7c	nolibc-test

Suggested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806095846.GB10627@1wt.eu/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806134348.GA19145@1wt.eu/
Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon@tinylab.org>
---

v2 here is further fix up argument with 'const' in the type and also
support "void *" argument, v1 is [1].

Tested on many architectures (i386, x86_64, mips, ppc64) and gcc version
(from gcc 4.8-13.1.0), compiles well without any warning and errors and
also with smaller size.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806131921.52453-1-falcon@tinylab.org/

---
 tools/include/nolibc/sys.h | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Comments

Zhangjin Wu Aug. 6, 2023, 5:35 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi, Willy

> [...]
> before:
> 
>     // ppc64le
>     $ size nolibc-test
>        text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>       27916	      8	     80	  28004	   6d64	nolibc-test
> 
>     // mips
>     $ size nolibc-test
>        text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>       23276	     64	     64	  23404	   5b6c	nolibc-test
> 
> after:
> 
>     // ppc64le
>     $ size nolibc-test
>        text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>       27736	      8	     80	  27824	   6cb0	nolibc-test
> 
>     // mips
>     $ size nolibc-test
>        text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>       23036	     64	     64	  23164	   5a7c	nolibc-test
> 
> Suggested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806095846.GB10627@1wt.eu/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806134348.GA19145@1wt.eu/
> Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon@tinylab.org>
> ---
> 
> v2 here is further fix up argument with 'const' in the type and also
> support "void *" argument, v1 is [1].
> 
> Tested on many architectures (i386, x86_64, mips, ppc64) and gcc version
> (from gcc 4.8-13.1.0), compiles well without any warning and errors and
> also with smaller size.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230806131921.52453-1-falcon@tinylab.org/
> 
> ---
>  tools/include/nolibc/sys.h | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
> index 56f63eb48a1b..9c7448ae19e2 100644
> --- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
> +++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
> @@ -35,15 +35,45 @@
>   * (src/internal/syscall_ret.c) and glibc (sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep.h)
>   */
>  
> -static __inline__ __attribute__((unused, always_inline))
> -long __sysret(unsigned long ret)
> -{
> -	if (ret >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) {
> -		SET_ERRNO(-(long)ret);
> -		return -1;
> -	}
> -	return ret;
> -}
> +/*
> + * Whether 'type' is a signed type or an unsigned type. Supports scalar types,
> + * bool and also pointer types. (from include/linux/compiler.h)
> + */
> +#define __is_signed_type(type) (((type)(-1)) < (type)1)
> +
> +/* __auto_type is used instead of __typeof__ to workaround the build error
> + * 'error: assignment of read-only variable' when the argument has 'const' in
> + * the type, but __auto_type is a new feature from newer version and it only
> + * work with 'const' from gcc 11.0 (__GXX_ABI_VERSION = 1016)
> + * https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2013-11/msg01378.html
> + */
> +
> +#if __GXX_ABI_VERSION < 1016
> +#define __typeofdecl(arg) long
> +#define __typeofconv1(arg) (long)
> +#define __typeofconv2(arg) (long)
> +#else
> +#define __typeofdecl(arg) __auto_type
> +#define __typeofconv1(arg)
> +#define __typeofconv2(arg) (__typeof__(arg))
> +#endif
>

With nolibc-test, we did more tests.

for ppc64le (long better):

    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27736	      8	     80	  27824	   6cb0	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27612	      8	     80	  27700	   6c34	nolibc-test

for ppc64 (long better):

    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27136	   1880	     80	  29096	   71a8	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      27012	   1880	     80	  28972	   712c	nolibc-test

A further test on x86_64 (__auto_type better):

     // __auto_type
     $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      22206	      8	     88	  22302	   571e	nolibc-test

     // long
     $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      22347	      8	     88	  22443	   57ab	nolibc-test

And i386 (almost the same):

     // __auto_type
     $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      19718	      4	     52	  19774	   4d3e	nolibc-test

     // long
     $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      19717	      4	     52	  19773	   4d3d	nolibc-test

arm64 (__auto_type better):
    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      25764	      8	     80	  25852	   64fc	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      26004	      8	     80	  26092	   65ec	nolibc-test

arm (the same):

    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      19595	      0	     52	  19647	   4cbf	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      19595	      0	     52	  19647	   4cbf	nolibc-test


riscv64 (__auto_type better):

    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      21814	      8	     80	  21902	   558e	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      21912	      8	     80	  22000	   55f0	nolibc-test

s390 (__auto_type better):

    // __auto_type
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      22302	      0	     80	  22382	   576e	nolibc-test

    // long
    $ size nolibc-test
       text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
      22438	      0	     80	  22518	   57f6	nolibc-test

As a summary, in nolibc-test, for 32-bit architectures, __auto_type has the
same as long, for 64-bit architecture, __auto_type has less size than long,
only ppc64/ppc64le has reverse result.

BR,
Zhangjin

> +#define __sysret(arg)                                                           \
> +({                                                                              \
> +	__typeofdecl(arg) __sysret_arg = __typeofconv1(arg)(arg);               \
> +	if (__is_signed_type(__typeof__(arg))) {                                \
> +		if (__sysret_arg < 0) {                                         \
> +			SET_ERRNO(-(long)__sysret_arg);                         \
> +			__sysret_arg = __typeofconv2(arg)(-1L);                 \
> +		}                                                               \
> +	} else {                                                                \
> +		if ((unsigned long)__sysret_arg >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) { \
> +			SET_ERRNO(-(long)__sysret_arg);                         \
> +			__sysret_arg = __typeofconv2(arg)(-1L);                 \
> +		}                                                               \
> +	}                                                                       \
> +	(__typeof__(arg))__sysret_arg;                                          \
> +})
>  
>  /* Functions in this file only describe syscalls. They're declared static so
>   * that the compiler usually decides to inline them while still being allowed
> @@ -94,7 +124,7 @@ void *sbrk(intptr_t inc)
>  	if (ret && sys_brk(ret + inc) == ret + inc)
>  		return ret + inc;
>  
> -	return (void *)__sysret(-ENOMEM);
> +	return __sysret((void *)-ENOMEM);
>  }
>  
>  
> @@ -682,7 +712,7 @@ void *sys_mmap(void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd,
>  static __attribute__((unused))
>  void *mmap(void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset)
>  {
> -	return (void *)__sysret((unsigned long)sys_mmap(addr, length, prot, flags, fd, offset));
> +	return __sysret(sys_mmap(addr, length, prot, flags, fd, offset));
>  }
>  
>  static __attribute__((unused))
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
>
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diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
index 56f63eb48a1b..9c7448ae19e2 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h
@@ -35,15 +35,45 @@ 
  * (src/internal/syscall_ret.c) and glibc (sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysdep.h)
  */
 
-static __inline__ __attribute__((unused, always_inline))
-long __sysret(unsigned long ret)
-{
-	if (ret >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) {
-		SET_ERRNO(-(long)ret);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
+/*
+ * Whether 'type' is a signed type or an unsigned type. Supports scalar types,
+ * bool and also pointer types. (from include/linux/compiler.h)
+ */
+#define __is_signed_type(type) (((type)(-1)) < (type)1)
+
+/* __auto_type is used instead of __typeof__ to workaround the build error
+ * 'error: assignment of read-only variable' when the argument has 'const' in
+ * the type, but __auto_type is a new feature from newer version and it only
+ * work with 'const' from gcc 11.0 (__GXX_ABI_VERSION = 1016)
+ * https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2013-11/msg01378.html
+ */
+
+#if __GXX_ABI_VERSION < 1016
+#define __typeofdecl(arg) long
+#define __typeofconv1(arg) (long)
+#define __typeofconv2(arg) (long)
+#else
+#define __typeofdecl(arg) __auto_type
+#define __typeofconv1(arg)
+#define __typeofconv2(arg) (__typeof__(arg))
+#endif
+
+#define __sysret(arg)                                                           \
+({                                                                              \
+	__typeofdecl(arg) __sysret_arg = __typeofconv1(arg)(arg);               \
+	if (__is_signed_type(__typeof__(arg))) {                                \
+		if (__sysret_arg < 0) {                                         \
+			SET_ERRNO(-(long)__sysret_arg);                         \
+			__sysret_arg = __typeofconv2(arg)(-1L);                 \
+		}                                                               \
+	} else {                                                                \
+		if ((unsigned long)__sysret_arg >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO) { \
+			SET_ERRNO(-(long)__sysret_arg);                         \
+			__sysret_arg = __typeofconv2(arg)(-1L);                 \
+		}                                                               \
+	}                                                                       \
+	(__typeof__(arg))__sysret_arg;                                          \
+})
 
 /* Functions in this file only describe syscalls. They're declared static so
  * that the compiler usually decides to inline them while still being allowed
@@ -94,7 +124,7 @@  void *sbrk(intptr_t inc)
 	if (ret && sys_brk(ret + inc) == ret + inc)
 		return ret + inc;
 
-	return (void *)__sysret(-ENOMEM);
+	return __sysret((void *)-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 
@@ -682,7 +712,7 @@  void *sys_mmap(void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd,
 static __attribute__((unused))
 void *mmap(void *addr, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset)
 {
-	return (void *)__sysret((unsigned long)sys_mmap(addr, length, prot, flags, fd, offset));
+	return __sysret(sys_mmap(addr, length, prot, flags, fd, offset));
 }
 
 static __attribute__((unused))