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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-05-26 13:36:53 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-05-26 13:36:53 -0700
commit1a20d3ecf5c2a6435df2b756435b1eb1c657d45b (patch)
tree41a6bd0fce8a82fe199471a66aa9a84895544325 /include/asm-x86/string_32.h
parent4b6011bc6ec71660859139ac8d28b7d0badd681c (diff)
x86: string_32.h: workaround for broken gcc 4.0
gcc 4.0 fails to allocate %eax for the pattern operand in the rep store instructions used by memset; force it to do so by declaring a register variable. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86/string_32.h')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-x86/string_32.h9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/string_32.h b/include/asm-x86/string_32.h
index 8d0c593c441..193578cd1fd 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/string_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/string_32.h
@@ -267,11 +267,18 @@ void *__constant_c_and_count_memset(void *s, unsigned long pattern,
asm volatile("rep ; stosl" \
x \
: "=&c" (d0), "=&D" (d1) \
- : "a" (pattern), "0" (count/4), "1" ((long)s) \
+ : "a" (eax), "0" (count/4), "1" ((long)s) \
: "memory")
{
int d0, d1;
+#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 0
+ /* Workaround for broken gcc 4.0 */
+ register unsigned long eax asm("%eax") = pattern;
+#else
+ unsigned long eax = pattern;
+#endif
+
switch (count % 4) {
case 0:
COMMON("");