On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 08:46:33AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
 
 > This is the offending function:
 > 
 > void
 > cpuid(unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx, unsigned int *ecx,
 >       unsigned int *edx)
 > {
 >   __asm volatile
 >     ("cpuid\n\t"
 >      : "=a" (*eax),
 >        "=b" (*ebx),
 >        "=c" (*ecx),
 >        "=d" (*edx)
 >      : "a" (*eax));
 > }
 > 
 > The cryptic GCC error message (inconsistent operand constraints in
 > an ‘asm’) refers to the fact that in PIC mode (which is activated
 > by the hardening flags), %ebx is a reserved register.
 > 
 > This version should work in 32 bit mode, and only in 32 bit mode:
 > 
 > void
 > cpuid(unsigned int *eax, unsigned int *ebx, unsigned int *ecx,
 >       unsigned int *edx)
 > {
 >   __asm volatile
 >     ("push %%ebx\n\t"
 >      "cpuid\n\t"
 >      "mov %%ebx, (%1)\n\t"
 >      "pop %%ebx"
 >      : "=a" (*eax),
 >        "=S" (ebx),
 >        "=c" (*ecx),
 >        "=d" (*edx)
 >      : "0" (*eax));
 > }
 > 
 > I have not actually tested this.  There are other solutions
 > floating around, but they are clearly incorrect and produce wrong
 > code.

A better fix would be to rip all this out, and use reads from
/dev/cpu/*/cpuid, which is arch agnostic, and also takes care of cpu affinity 
problems.

        Dave

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