Re: x86-32: clean up rwsem inline asm statements

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static inline int rwsem_atomic_update(int delta, struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >  {
> >  	int tmp = delta;
> >  
> > -	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "xadd %0,%1"
> > +	asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "xadd%z0 %0,%1"
> >  		     : "+r" (tmp), "+m" (sem->count)
> >  		     : : "memory");
> 
> I think %z0 should be %z1 here.

You're right, but Peter made it all a non-issue anyway.

Thanks for noticing, though, since it implies that somebody read the patch 
carefully. It's always a bit scary to change fundamental inline asms, 
especially for something like a locking routine where the core _semantics_ 
are so subtle (and if you get locking wrong, things may still work - you 
just end up with some really odd race conditions).

		Linus
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