On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 12:52:26PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
> >
> > Mostly looks good, but see below.
> >
> >> diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
> >> index df8da72..41f46df 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
> >> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int efficeon_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
> >> SetPageReserved(virt_to_page((char *)page));
> >>
> >> for (offset = 0; offset < PAGE_SIZE; offset += clflush_chunk)
> >> - asm volatile("clflush %0" : : "m" (*(char *)(page+offset)));
> >> + clflush((char *)page+offset);
> >
> > The original code flushes (*(page+offset)) whereas the new code
> > flushes (pagee+offset). Assuming this is a bug-fix, it should go as a
> > separate patch.
>
> No, it doesn't. There is a * in the inline, as there should be.
I guess I don't follow. Compare:
diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
index 37992ff..cb4ded4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ static struct page *split_large_page(unsigned long
address, pgprot_t prot,
static void cache_flush_page(struct page *p)
{
- unsigned long adr = (unsigned long)page_address(p);
+ void *adr = page_address(p);
int i;
for (i = 0; i < PAGE_SIZE; i +=
boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size)
- asm volatile("clflush (%0)" :: "r" (adr + i));
+ clflush(adr+i);
}
Original code: clflush (adr + i).
New code: clflush (adr + i)
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
index df8da72..41f46df 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/efficeon-agp.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int efficeon_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
SetPageReserved(virt_to_page((char *)page));
for (offset = 0; offset < PAGE_SIZE; offset += clflush_chunk)
- asm volatile("clflush %0" : : "m" (*(char *)(page+offset)));
+ clflush((char *)page+offset);
Original code: clflush *(page + offset)
^
New code: clflush (page + offset)
So it looks like we have a purely syntactic patch that does something
different than the original code in one of the above places. What am I
missing?
Cheers,
Muli
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