[PATCH] 4/6 i386 better-descriptor-asm

From: zach
Date: Fri Jul 29 2005 - 23:11:04 EST


GCC can generate better code around descriptor update and access functions when
there is not an explicit "eax" register constraint.

Testing: You won't boot if this is messed up, since the TSS descriptor will be
corrupted. Verified the assembler and booted.

Diffs-against: patch-2.6.13-rc4 + cpu-inline-cleanup + dt-inline-cleanup

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
Index: linux-2.6.13/include/asm-i386/desc.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.13.orig/include/asm-i386/desc.h 2005-07-29 11:46:56.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.13/include/asm-i386/desc.h 2005-07-29 11:47:01.000000000 -0700
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@

extern struct Xgt_desc_struct idt_descr, cpu_gdt_descr[NR_CPUS];

-#define load_TR_desc() __asm__ __volatile__("ltr %%ax"::"a" (GDT_ENTRY_TSS*8))
-#define load_LDT_desc() __asm__ __volatile__("lldt %%ax"::"a" (GDT_ENTRY_LDT*8))
+#define load_TR_desc() __asm__ __volatile__("ltr %w0"::"q" (GDT_ENTRY_TSS*8))
+#define load_LDT_desc() __asm__ __volatile__("lldt %w0"::"q" (GDT_ENTRY_LDT*8))

#define load_gdt(dtr) __asm__ __volatile("lgdt %0"::"m" (*dtr))
#define load_idt(dtr) __asm__ __volatile("lidt %0"::"m" (*dtr))
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@

#define _set_tssldt_desc(n,addr,limit,type) \
__asm__ __volatile__ ("movw %w3,0(%2)\n\t" \
- "movw %%ax,2(%2)\n\t" \
- "rorl $16,%%eax\n\t" \
- "movb %%al,4(%2)\n\t" \
+ "movw %w1,2(%2)\n\t" \
+ "rorl $16,%1\n\t" \
+ "movb %b1,4(%2)\n\t" \
"movb %4,5(%2)\n\t" \
"movb $0,6(%2)\n\t" \
- "movb %%ah,7(%2)\n\t" \
- "rorl $16,%%eax" \
- : "=m"(*(n)) : "a" (addr), "r"(n), "ir"(limit), "i"(type))
+ "movb %h1,7(%2)\n\t" \
+ "rorl $16,%1" \
+ : "=m"(*(n)) : "q" (addr), "r"(n), "ir"(limit), "i"(type))

static inline void __set_tss_desc(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int entry, void *addr)
{
-
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