x86: Add memory modify constraints to xchg() and cmpxchg()
commit 113fc5a6 upstream. xchg() and cmpxchg() modify their memory operands, not merely read them. For some versions of gcc the "memory" clobber has apparently dealt with the situation, but not for all. Originally-by:Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zamsden@redhat.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <4C4F7277.8050306@zytor.com> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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