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x86/delay: Fix the wrong asm constraint in delay_loop()
authorAmmar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:47:04 +0000 (17:47 +0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:53:47 +0000 (16:53 +0200)
commit0f1dd7632eab5a5433ea6c8de91778dd966b3a95
treeeb5dc0404e45daaf9b8f3fa2ef422864168c2a08
parentbc2afecaabd2a2c9f17e43b4793a30e3461bfb29
x86/delay: Fix the wrong asm constraint in delay_loop()

[ Upstream commit b86eb74098a92afd789da02699b4b0dd3f73b889 ]

The asm constraint does not reflect the fact that the asm statement can
modify the value of the local variable loops. Which it does.

Specifying the wrong constraint may lead to undefined behavior, it may
clobber random stuff (e.g. local variable, important temporary value in
regs, etc.). This is especially dangerous when the compiler decides to
inline the function and since it doesn't know that the value gets
modified, it might decide to use it from a register directly without
reloading it.

Change the constraint to "+a" to denote that the first argument is an
input and an output argument.

  [ bp: Fix typo, massage commit message. ]

Fixes: e01b70ef3eb3 ("x86: fix bug in arch/i386/lib/delay.c file, delay_loop function")
Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220329104705.65256-2-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
arch/x86/lib/delay.c