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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-04 08:39:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-04 08:39:38 -0700
commit3d7e5fc37f91c3ad4974262e173d9ba36139652a (patch)
tree471484562a2c0341dbee0b4d2e10fdfd5d049c58 /arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
parent6924a4672dd07dbe11d76fe597d17a092434232f (diff)
parentf69fa9a91f60fff6f2d8b658b7d84d235d9d89b7 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86/asm changes from Ingo Molnar: "Main changes: - Apply low level mutex optimization on x86-64, by Wedson Almeida Filho. - Change bitops to be naturally 'long', by H Peter Anvin. - Add TSX-NI opcodes support to the x86 (instrumentation) decoder, by Masami Hiramatsu. - Add clang compatibility adjustments/workarounds, by Jan-Simon Möller" * 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, doc: Update uaccess.h comment to reflect clang changes x86, asm: Fix a compilation issue with clang x86, asm: Extend definitions of _ASM_* with a raw format x86, insn: Add new opcodes as of June, 2013 x86/ia32/asm: Remove unused argument in macro x86, bitops: Change bitops to be native operand size x86: Use asm-goto to implement mutex fast path on x86-64
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 5ee26875baea..5838fa911aa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -153,16 +153,19 @@ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
* Careful: we have to cast the result to the type of the pointer
* for sign reasons.
*
- * The use of %edx as the register specifier is a bit of a
+ * The use of _ASM_DX as the register specifier is a bit of a
* simplification, as gcc only cares about it as the starting point
* and not size: for a 64-bit value it will use %ecx:%edx on 32 bits
* (%ecx being the next register in gcc's x86 register sequence), and
* %rdx on 64 bits.
+ *
+ * Clang/LLVM cares about the size of the register, but still wants
+ * the base register for something that ends up being a pair.
*/
#define get_user(x, ptr) \
({ \
int __ret_gu; \
- register __inttype(*(ptr)) __val_gu asm("%edx"); \
+ register __inttype(*(ptr)) __val_gu asm("%"_ASM_DX); \
__chk_user_ptr(ptr); \
might_fault(); \
asm volatile("call __get_user_%P3" \