[PATCH] powerpc/ppc64: remove __volatile__ in get_current()
James Yang
James.Yang at freescale.com
Sat Aug 10 14:49:22 EST 2013
Uses of get_current() that normally get optimized away still result in
a load instruction of the current pointer in 64-bit because the inline
asm uses __volatile__. This patch removes __volatile__ so that nop-ed
uses of get_current() don't actually result in a load of the pointer.
Signed-off-by: James Yang <James.Yang at freescale.com>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h
index e2c7f06..bb250c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/current.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline struct task_struct *get_current(void)
{
struct task_struct *task;
- __asm__ __volatile__("ld %0,%1(13)"
+ __asm__ ("ld %0,%1(13)"
: "=r" (task)
: "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, __current)));
--
1.7.0.4
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