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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h index c6ccbe7e81ad..9e2b952f810a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h @@ -13,14 +13,13 @@ static inline unsigned long native_save_fl(void) unsigned long flags; /* - * Note: this needs to be "=r" not "=rm", because we have the - * stack offset from what gcc expects at the time the "pop" is - * executed, and so a memory reference with respect to the stack - * would end up using the wrong address. + * "=rm" is safe here, because "pop" adjusts the stack before + * it evaluates its effective address -- this is part of the + * documented behavior of the "pop" instruction. */ asm volatile("# __raw_save_flags\n\t" "pushf ; pop %0" - : "=r" (flags) + : "=rm" (flags) : /* no input */ : "memory"); |