From c8d52465f95c4187871f8e65666c07806ca06d41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Blanchard Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:21:20 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Work around ppc64 compiler bug In the process of optimising our per cpu data code, I found a ppc64 compiler bug that has been around forever. Basically the current RELOC_HIDE can end up trashing r30. Details of the bug can be found at http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25572 This bug is present in all compilers before 4.1. It is masked by the fact that our current per cpu data code is inefficient and causes other loads that end up marking r30 as used. A workaround identified by Alan Modra is to use the =r asm constraint instead of =g. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard [ Verified that this makes no real difference on x86[-64] */ Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h index 2e05e1e6b0e..6e1c44a935d 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ /* This macro obfuscates arithmetic on a variable address so that gcc shouldn't recognize the original var, and make assumptions about it */ +/* + * Versions of the ppc64 compiler before 4.1 had a bug where use of + * RELOC_HIDE could trash r30. The bug can be worked around by changing + * the inline assembly constraint from =g to =r, in this particular + * case either is valid. + */ #define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \ ({ unsigned long __ptr; \ - __asm__ ("" : "=g"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr)); \ + __asm__ ("" : "=r"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr)); \ (typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); }) -- cgit v1.2.3