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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 14:59:19 +0000 (16:59 +0200)
commit12ffed97ae3303c3c4bc772c9329a9977a9941d6
treecd18cb5a4946c9a097b12a9476dc0e761f34ed8d
parent9345122f5fb9f97a206f440f38bb656e53f46912
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