linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix msr register allocation

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Message-ID: <p737iohr7c7.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	30 Jul 2007 21:59:20 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Cc:	Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix msr register allocation

Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com> writes:

> > Note that the EAX output constraint is re-used in the input section for
> > (u32)val, i.e. the lower half of the value to be written. And "wrmsr"
> > needs that in EAX, so you cannot change the output constraint without
> > touching the input constraint.
> Right again. Will send a new patch that also changes the input constraint.

Please also "fix" the subject then. You can only fix something that's broken,
but this isn't.

-Andi
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