[PATCH 1/1] powerpc: add "memory" attribute for mfmsr()

Tiejun Chen tiejun.chen at windriver.com
Tue Jul 10 17:59:13 EST 2012


Add "memory" attribute in inline assembly language as a compiler
barrier to make sure 4.6.x GCC don't reorder mfmsr().

Signed-off-by: Tiejun Chen <tiejun.chen at windriver.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
index 559da19..578e5a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/reg.h
@@ -1016,7 +1016,8 @@
 /* Macros for setting and retrieving special purpose registers */
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 #define mfmsr()		({unsigned long rval; \
-			asm volatile("mfmsr %0" : "=r" (rval)); rval;})
+			asm volatile("mfmsr %0" : "=r" (rval) : \
+						: "memory"); rval;})
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 #define __mtmsrd(v, l)	asm volatile("mtmsrd %0," __stringify(l) \
 				     : : "r" (v) : "memory")
-- 
1.5.6



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