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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index f1af71851919..25581dcb280e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -124,18 +124,25 @@ static inline int flag_is_changeable_p(u32 flag) { u32 f1, f2; - asm("pushfl\n\t" - "pushfl\n\t" - "popl %0\n\t" - "movl %0,%1\n\t" - "xorl %2,%0\n\t" - "pushl %0\n\t" - "popfl\n\t" - "pushfl\n\t" - "popl %0\n\t" - "popfl\n\t" - : "=&r" (f1), "=&r" (f2) - : "ir" (flag)); + /* + * Cyrix and IDT cpus allow disabling of CPUID + * so the code below may return different results + * when it is executed before and after enabling + * the CPUID. Add "volatile" to not allow gcc to + * optimize the subsequent calls to this function. + */ + asm volatile ("pushfl\n\t" + "pushfl\n\t" + "popl %0\n\t" + "movl %0,%1\n\t" + "xorl %2,%0\n\t" + "pushl %0\n\t" + "popfl\n\t" + "pushfl\n\t" + "popl %0\n\t" + "popfl\n\t" + : "=&r" (f1), "=&r" (f2) + : "ir" (flag)); return ((f1^f2) & flag) != 0; } |