[34-longterm 112/196] i8k: Tell gcc that *regs gets clobbered

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Mon Mar 12 2012 - 20:45:34 EST


From: Jim Bos <jim876@xxxxxxxxx>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit 6b4e81db2552bad04100e7d5ddeed7e848f53b48 upstream.

More recent GCC caused the i8k driver to stop working, on Slackware
compiler was upgraded from gcc-4.4.4 to gcc-4.5.1 after which it didn't
work anymore, meaning the driver didn't load or gave total nonsensical
output.

As it turned out the asm(..) statement forgot to mention it modifies the
*regs variable.

Credits to Andi Kleen and Andreas Schwab for providing the fix.

Signed-off-by: Jim Bos <jim876@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/i8k.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/i8k.c b/drivers/char/i8k.c
index fc8cf7a..828fd24 100644
--- a/drivers/char/i8k.c
+++ b/drivers/char/i8k.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs)
"lahf\n\t"
"shrl $8,%%eax\n\t"
"andl $1,%%eax\n"
- :"=a"(rc)
+ :"=a"(rc), "+m" (*regs)
: "a"(regs)
: "%ebx", "%ecx", "%edx", "%esi", "%edi", "memory");
#else
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static int i8k_smm(struct smm_regs *regs)
"movl %%edx,0(%%eax)\n\t"
"lahf\n\t"
"shrl $8,%%eax\n\t"
- "andl $1,%%eax\n":"=a"(rc)
+ "andl $1,%%eax\n"
+ :"=a"(rc), "+m" (*regs)
: "a"(regs)
: "%ebx", "%ecx", "%edx", "%esi", "%edi", "memory");
#endif
--
1.7.9.3

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