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x86/io: Add "memory" clobber to insb/insw/insl/outsb/outsw/outsl
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:53:02 +0000 (14:53 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 08:46:24 +0000 (10:46 +0200)
commit7206f9bf108eb9513d170c73f151367a1bdf3dbf
treec054b4f7bb3d13e2392da59c7ca5225c82497088
parent5623452a0eaec1d44cc9f0770444a48847c9953f
x86/io: Add "memory" clobber to insb/insw/insl/outsb/outsw/outsl

The x86 version of insb/insw/insl uses an inline assembly that does
not have the target buffer listed as an output. This can confuse
the compiler, leading it to think that a subsequent access of the
buffer is uninitialized:

  drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c: In function ‘wl3501_mgmt_scan_confirm’:
  drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c:665:9: error: ‘sig.status’ is used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]
  drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c:668:12: error: ‘sig.cap_info’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  drivers/net/sb1000.c: In function 'sb1000_rx':
  drivers/net/sb1000.c:775:9: error: 'st[0]' is used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=uninitialized]
  drivers/net/sb1000.c:776:10: error: 'st[1]' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  drivers/net/sb1000.c:784:11: error: 'st[1]' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]

I tried to mark the exact input buffer as an output here, but couldn't
figure it out. As suggested by Linus, marking all memory as clobbered
however is good enough too. For the outs operations, I also add the
memory clobber, to force the input to be written to local variables.
This is probably already guaranteed by the "asm volatile", but it can't
hurt to do this for symmetry.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170719125310.2487451-5-arnd@arndb.de
Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/12/605
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/io.h