Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc7' into x86/cleanups

Merge reason: we were on -rc1 before - go up to -rc7

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 2bdab21f0898..c6ccbe7e81ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ static inline unsigned long native_save_fl(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * Note: this needs to be "=r" not "=rm", because we have the
+	 * stack offset from what gcc expects at the time the "pop" is
+	 * executed, and so a memory reference with respect to the stack
+	 * would end up using the wrong address.
+	 */
 	asm volatile("# __raw_save_flags\n\t"
 		     "pushf ; pop %0"
-		     : "=g" (flags)
+		     : "=r" (flags)
 		     : /* no input */
 		     : "memory");