From: Brian Gerst
> Sent: 07 May 2020 07:18
...
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h
> > @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ arch_set_bit(long nr, volatile unsigned long *addr)
> > if (__builtin_constant_p(nr)) {
> > asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "orb %1,%0"
> > : CONST_MASK_ADDR(nr, addr)
> > - : "iq" (CONST_MASK(nr) & 0xff)
> > + : "iq" ((u8)(CONST_MASK(nr) & 0xff))
>
> I think a better fix would be to make CONST_MASK() return a u8 value
> rather than have to cast on every use.
Or assign to a local variable - then it doesn't matter how
the value is actually calculated. So:
u8 mask = CONST_MASK(nr);
asm volatile(LOCK_PREFIX "orb %1,%0"
: CONST_MASK_ADDR(nr, addr)
: "iq" mask
David
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