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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h index f715fee40821..5838fa911aa0 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h @@ -153,11 +153,14 @@ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL)) * Careful: we have to cast the result to the type of the pointer * for sign reasons. * - * The use of %edx as the register specifier is a bit of a + * The use of _ASM_DX as the register specifier is a bit of a * simplification, as gcc only cares about it as the starting point * and not size: for a 64-bit value it will use %ecx:%edx on 32 bits * (%ecx being the next register in gcc's x86 register sequence), and * %rdx on 64 bits. + * + * Clang/LLVM cares about the size of the register, but still wants + * the base register for something that ends up being a pair. */ #define get_user(x, ptr) \ ({ \ |