On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 04:33:02PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 12:26:13AM -0500, Miguel Bernal Marin wrote:
> > kernel/locking/rwsem.o: warning: objtool: downgrade_write()+0x22: call
> > without frame pointer save/setup
> >
> > The warning means gcc 7.2.0 placed the __downgrade_write() inline asm (and
> > its call instruction) before the frame pointer setup in downgrade_write(),
> > which breaks frame pointer convention and can result in incorrect
> > stack traces.
> >
> > Force a stack frame to be created before the call instruction by listing
> > the stack pointer as an output operand in the inline asm statement.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Miguel Bernal Marin <miguel.bernal.ma...@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > index d26b6916b935..a749dc6a3103 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > @@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> > */
> > static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> > {
> > + register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
> > +
> > asm volatile("# beginning __downgrade_write\n\t"
> > - LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%2,(%1)\n\t"
> > + LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%2,(%2)\n\t"
>
> The '%2' should be changed to '%3'
>
> LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%3,(%2)\n\t"
>
> because both inputs' indices are shifted by the new output constraint.
>
Thanks, I will send the V2.
> > /*
> > * transitions 0xZZZZ0001 -> 0xYYYY0001 (i386)
> > * 0xZZZZZZZZ00000001 -> 0xYYYYYYYY00000001 (x86_64)
> > @@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ static inline void __downgrade_write(struct
> > rw_semaphore *sem)
> > " call call_rwsem_downgrade_wake\n"
> > "1:\n\t"
> > "# ending __downgrade_write\n"
> > - : "+m" (sem->count)
> > + : "+m" (sem->count), "+r" (__sp)
> > : "a" (sem), "er" (-RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
> > : "memory", "cc");
>
> --
> Josh
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Regards,
Miguel Bernal Marin Open Source Technology Center
https://clearlinux.org Intel Corporation
