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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 6 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h index e7636bac7372..6c98821fef5e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h @@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ #define new_len2 145f-144f /* - * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from: + * gas compatible max based on the idea from: * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax + * + * The additional "-" is needed because gas uses a "true" value of -1. */ #define alt_max_short(a, b) ((a) ^ (((a) ^ (b)) & -(-((a) < (b))))) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h index c096624137ae..ccbe24e697c4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h @@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end) alt_end_marker ":\n" /* - * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from: + * gas compatible max based on the idea from: * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax * - * The additional "-" is needed because gas works with s32s. + * The additional "-" is needed because gas uses a "true" value of -1. */ -#define alt_max_short(a, b) "((" a ") ^ (((" a ") ^ (" b ")) & -(-((" a ") - (" b ")))))" +#define alt_max_short(a, b) "((" a ") ^ (((" a ") ^ (" b ")) & -(-((" a ") < (" b ")))))" /* * Pad the second replacement alternative with additional NOPs if it is |