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authorH. Peter Anvin2013-12-27 16:52:47 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin2013-12-27 17:02:53 -0800
commita740576a4abf933de8f50787f24f24456cebd761 (patch)
treee46ad30a727de5f0b8d91b381f1c67f05ebfb260 /arch/x86/platform
parentc5fe5d80680e2949ffe102180f5fc6cefc0d145f (diff)
x86: Slightly tweak the access_ok() C variant for better code
gcc can under very specific circumstances realize that the code sequence: foo += bar; if (foo < bar) ... ... is equivalent to a carry out from the addition. Tweak the implementation of access_ok() (specifically __chk_range_not_ok()) to make it more likely that gcc will make that connection. It isn't fool-proof (sometimes gcc seems to think it can make better code with lea, and ends up with a second comparison), still, but it seems to be able to connect the two more frequently this way. Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFzPBdbfKovMT8Edr4SmE2_=%2BOKJFac9XW2awegogTkVTA@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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