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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-04-13 09:57:10 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2012-04-13 09:57:10 +0200 |
| commit | a385ec4f11bdcf81af094c03e2444ee9b7fad2e5 (patch) | |
| tree | a2c186cb828e3713c2ec48a4d7191166fb798b3d /arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c | |
| parent | 659c36fcda403013a01b85da07cf2d9711e6d6c7 (diff) | |
| parent | 0034102808e0dbbf3a2394b82b1bb40b5778de9e (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v3.4-rc2' into perf/core
Merge Linux 3.4-rc2: we were on v3.3, update the base.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c b/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c index 4763b3aff1c..37440caa737 100644 --- a/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c +++ b/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c @@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ * Do memcpy(), but trap and return "n" when a load or store faults. * * Note: this idiom only works when memcpy() compiles to a leaf function. - * If "sp" is updated during memcpy, the "jrp lr" will be incorrect. + * Here leaf function not only means it does not have calls, but also + * requires no stack operations (sp, stack frame pointer) and no + * use of callee-saved registers, else "jrp lr" will be incorrect since + * unwinding stack frame is bypassed. Since memcpy() is not complex so + * these conditions are satisfied here, but we need to be careful when + * modifying this file. This is not a clean solution but is the best + * one so far. * * Also note that we are capturing "n" from the containing scope here. */ |