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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)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:21:57 +0000 (21:21 +0200)
commit03eb705b28c8b77681d8b841e3abe91d59ceeb98
tree07d438c5a53593f0a4251fba4dff0b77df28fbd7
parent5da6a189b8ad2765346973e4106fa3caf11cf8b6
x86/delay: Fix the wrong asm constraint in delay_loop()

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: 947e750164b5 ("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
arch/x86/lib/delay.c