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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h index 2e05e1e6b0e..6e1c44a935d 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h @@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ /* This macro obfuscates arithmetic on a variable address so that gcc shouldn't recognize the original var, and make assumptions about it */ +/* + * Versions of the ppc64 compiler before 4.1 had a bug where use of + * RELOC_HIDE could trash r30. The bug can be worked around by changing + * the inline assembly constraint from =g to =r, in this particular + * case either is valid. + */ #define RELOC_HIDE(ptr, off) \ ({ unsigned long __ptr; \ - __asm__ ("" : "=g"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr)); \ + __asm__ ("" : "=r"(__ptr) : "0"(ptr)); \ (typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off)); }) |