+ kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch added to -mm tree

+ kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     kvm: Fix asm constraint for lldt instruction
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch

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Subject: kvm: Fix asm constraint for lldt instruction
From: S.Caglar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr>

lldt does not accept immediate operands, which "g" allows.

Signed-off-by: S.Caglar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
---

 drivers/kvm/kvm.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/kvm/kvm.h~kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction drivers/kvm/kvm.h
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm.h~kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction
+++ a/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static inline void load_gs(u16 sel)
 #ifndef load_ldt
 static inline void load_ldt(u16 sel)
 {
-	asm ("lldt %0" : : "g"(sel));
+	asm ("lldt %0" : : "rm"(sel));
 }
 #endif
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from caglar@pardus.org.tr are

kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch

Re: + kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch added to -mm tree

[S.Çağlar Onur]

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Hi;

31 Oca 2007 Çar tarihinde, akpm@osdl.org şunları yazmıştı: 
> The patch titled
>      kvm: Fix asm constraint for lldt instruction
>  has been added to the -mmtree.  Its filename is
>      kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch

Is it possible to merge it into .20.1, its really trivial and its the only 
compile fix for gcc-4.2.x?

Yours
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Re: + kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch added to -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:32:30 +0200 "S.Çağlar Onur" <caglar@pardus.org.tr> wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> 31 Oca 2007 Çar tarihinde, akpm@osdl.org şunları yazmıştı: 
> > The patch titled
> >      kvm: Fix asm constraint for lldt instruction
> >  has been added to the -mmtree.  Its filename is
> >      kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch
> 
> Is it possible to merge it into .20.1, its really trivial and its the only 
> compile fix for gcc-4.2.x?
> 

OK by be.  Avi?

Re: + kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch added to -mm tree

[Avi Kivity]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:32:30 +0200 "S.Çağlar Onur" <caglar@pardus.org.tr> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi;
>>
>> 31 Oca 2007 Çar tarihinde, akpm@osdl.org şunları yazmıştı: 
>>     
>>> The patch titled
>>>      kvm: Fix asm constraint for lldt instruction
>>>  has been added to the -mmtree.  Its filename is
>>>      kvm-fix-asm-constraint-for-lldt-instruction.patch
>>>       
>> Is it possible to merge it into .20.1, its really trivial and its the only 
>> compile fix for gcc-4.2.x?
>>
>>     
>
> OK by be.  Avi?
>   

No objections, though I'm wondering whether fixing a miscompile on an 
unreleased compiler is a stability fix.


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