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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>
Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:22:45 +0000 (10:22 +0200)
commitc4534d67c8ec1d1fadbb220326130ed18a8e7974
tree935a1e08cac3e6e96c02c2d1daf9fe50eaa42293
parenteec5bdb98e6080f3eae60135d6ff3670c12f8704
x86/delay: Fix the wrong asm constraint in delay_loop()

[ Upstream commit 9ba5a1311b5fed4abbacc9a4e3e345a6029a0171 ]

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
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
arch/x86/lib/delay.c