On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:29:11 +0100
Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3/24/22 18:40, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 06:03:19PM +0100, Nico Boehr wrote:
> > ...
> >> +static inline unsigned long load_guarded(unsigned long *p)
> >> +{
> >> + unsigned long v;
> >> +
> >> + asm(".insn rxy,0xe3000000004c, %0,%1"
> >> + : "=d" (v)
> >> + : "m" (*p)
> >> + : "r14", "memory");
> >> + return v;
> >> +}
> >
> > It was like that before, but why is r14 within the clobber list?
> > That doesn't make sense.
>
> r14 is changed in the gs handler of the gs test which is executed if the
> "guarded" part of the load takes place.
I will add a comment explaining that when picking the patch
