linux-kernel - x86-64: memset()/memcpy() not fully standards compliant

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Date:	Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:04:30 +0000
From:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
To:	<mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: x86-64: memset()/memcpy() not fully standards compliant

Forever these two functions have been limited to deal with at most 4G
at a time. While I cannot point out an in-tree user that would require
larger sizes, it is now the second time that within our Xen kernel we got
bitten by that limitation. Would you nevertheless accept a patch to
eliminate those shortcomings (iirc there may need to be workarounds
for CPU bugs when it comes to using string instructions on such large
blocks, albeit memmove() doesn't seem to care)?

Otherwise, is there any rationale for this sort of lurking bug?

Thanks, Jan

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