Re: inline asm semantics: output constraint width smaller than input

[Andreas Schwab]

Török Edwin <edwintorok@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> @@ -239,11 +239,13 @@ extern void __put_user_8(void);
>   */
>  #define put_user(x, ptr)                    \
>  ({                                \
> -    int __ret_pu;                        \
> +    __typeof__(*(ptr)) __ret_pu;                \
>      __typeof__(*(ptr)) __pu_val;                \
>      __chk_user_ptr(ptr);                    \
>      might_fault();                        \
>      __pu_val = x;                        \
> +       /* return value is 0 or -EFAULT, both fit in 1 byte, and \
> +    * are sign-extendable to int */                \

That does not work when *ptr is unsigned (char or short).

Andreas.

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