From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> The __force_order logic seems to be inverted. __force_order is supposedly used to manipulate the compiler to use its memory dependencies analysis to enforce orders between CR writes and reads. Therefore, the memory should behave as a "CR": when the CR is read, the memory should be "read" by the inline assembly, and __force_order should be an output. When the CR is written, the memory should be "written". This change should allow to remove the "volatile" qualifier from CR reads at a later patch. While at it, remove the extra new-line from the inline assembly, as it only confuses GCC when it estimates the cost of the inline assembly. Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Unless I misunderstand the logic, __force_order should also be used by rdpkru() and wrpkru() which do not have dependency on __force_order. I also did not understand why native_write_cr0() has R/W dependency on __force_order, and why native_write_cr4() no longer has any dependency on __force_order. --- arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h index 5999b0b3dd4a..dff5e5b01a3c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h @@ -24,32 +24,32 @@ void native_write_cr0(unsigned long val); static inline unsigned long native_read_cr0(void) { unsigned long val; - asm volatile("mov %%cr0,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %%cr0,%0" : "=r" (val) : "m" (__force_order)); return val; } static __always_inline unsigned long native_read_cr2(void) { unsigned long val; - asm volatile("mov %%cr2,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %%cr2,%0" : "=r" (val) : "m" (__force_order)); return val; } static __always_inline void native_write_cr2(unsigned long val) { - asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr2": : "r" (val), "m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %1,%%cr2" : "=m" (__force_order) : "r" (val)); } static inline unsigned long __native_read_cr3(void) { unsigned long val; - asm volatile("mov %%cr3,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %%cr3,%0" : "=r" (val) : "m" (__force_order)); return val; } static inline void native_write_cr3(unsigned long val) { - asm volatile("mov %0,%%cr3": : "r" (val), "m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %1,%%cr3" : "=m" (__force_order) : "r" (val)); } static inline unsigned long native_read_cr4(void) @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ static inline unsigned long native_read_cr4(void) asm volatile("1: mov %%cr4, %0\n" "2:\n" _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b) - : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order) : "0" (0)); + : "=r" (val) : "m" (__force_order), "0" (0)); #else /* CR4 always exists on x86_64. */ - asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0\n\t" : "=r" (val), "=m" (__force_order)); + asm volatile("mov %%cr4,%0" : "=r" (val) : "m" (__force_order)); #endif return val; } -- 2.25.1