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x86-64, fpu: Simplify constraints for fxsave/fxtstor
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Use the "R" constraint (legacy register) instead of listing all the
possible registers.  Clean up the comments as well.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1283563039-3466-8-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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Brian Gerst authored and H. Peter Anvin committed Sep 9, 2010
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44 changes: 17 additions & 27 deletions arch/x86/include/asm/i387.h
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Expand Up @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static inline int fxrstor_checking(struct i387_fxsave_struct *fx)
{
int err;

/* See comment in fxsave() below. */
asm volatile("1: rex64/fxrstor (%[fx])\n\t"
"2:\n"
".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
Expand All @@ -89,11 +90,7 @@ static inline int fxrstor_checking(struct i387_fxsave_struct *fx)
".previous\n"
_ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)
: [err] "=r" (err)
#if 0 /* See comment in fxsave() below. */
: [fx] "r" (fx), "m" (*fx), "0" (0));
#else
: [fx] "cdaSDb" (fx), "m" (*fx), "0" (0));
#endif
: [fx] "R" (fx), "m" (*fx), "0" (0));
return err;
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -140,6 +137,7 @@ static inline int fxsave_user(struct i387_fxsave_struct __user *fx)
if (unlikely(err))
return -EFAULT;

/* See comment in fxsave() below. */
asm volatile("1: rex64/fxsave (%[fx])\n\t"
"2:\n"
".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
Expand All @@ -148,11 +146,7 @@ static inline int fxsave_user(struct i387_fxsave_struct __user *fx)
".previous\n"
_ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)
: [err] "=r" (err), "=m" (*fx)
#if 0 /* See comment in fxsave() below. */
: [fx] "r" (fx), "0" (0));
#else
: [fx] "cdaSDb" (fx), "0" (0));
#endif
: [fx] "R" (fx), "0" (0));
if (unlikely(err) &&
__clear_user(fx, sizeof(struct i387_fxsave_struct)))
err = -EFAULT;
Expand All @@ -165,26 +159,22 @@ static inline void fpu_fxsave(struct fpu *fpu)
/* Using "rex64; fxsave %0" is broken because, if the memory operand
uses any extended registers for addressing, a second REX prefix
will be generated (to the assembler, rex64 followed by semicolon
is a separate instruction), and hence the 64-bitness is lost. */
#if 0
/* Using "fxsaveq %0" would be the ideal choice, but is only supported
starting with gas 2.16. */
__asm__ __volatile__("fxsaveq %0"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave));
#elif 0
/* Using, as a workaround, the properly prefixed form below isn't
is a separate instruction), and hence the 64-bitness is lost.
Using "fxsaveq %0" would be the ideal choice, but is only supported
starting with gas 2.16.
asm volatile("fxsaveq %0"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave));
Using, as a workaround, the properly prefixed form below isn't
accepted by any binutils version so far released, complaining that
the same type of prefix is used twice if an extended register is
needed for addressing (fix submitted to mainline 2005-11-21). */
__asm__ __volatile__("rex64/fxsave %0"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave));
#else
/* This, however, we can work around by forcing the compiler to select
needed for addressing (fix submitted to mainline 2005-11-21).
asm volatile("rex64/fxsave %0"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave));
This, however, we can work around by forcing the compiler to select
an addressing mode that doesn't require extended registers. */
__asm__ __volatile__("rex64/fxsave (%1)"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave)
: "cdaSDb" (&fpu->state->fxsave));
#endif
asm volatile("rex64/fxsave (%[fx])"
: "=m" (fpu->state->fxsave)
: [fx] "R" (&fpu->state->fxsave));
}

static inline void fpu_save_init(struct fpu *fpu)
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