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Message-ID: <20100504124253.30994.79841.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 13:42:53 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hpa@...or.com
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix the x86_64 implementation of call_rwsem_wait()
The x86_64 call_rwsem_wait() treats the active state counter part of the R/W
semaphore state as being 16-bit when it's actually 32-bit (it's half of the
64-bit state). It should do "decl %edx" not "decw %dx".
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---
arch/x86/lib/rwsem_64.S | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/rwsem_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/rwsem_64.S
index 15acecf..41fcf00 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/rwsem_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/rwsem_64.S
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ENTRY(call_rwsem_down_write_failed)
ENDPROC(call_rwsem_down_write_failed)
ENTRY(call_rwsem_wake)
- decw %dx /* do nothing if still outstanding active readers */
+ decl %edx /* do nothing if still outstanding active readers */
jnz 1f
save_common_regs
movq %rax,%rdi
--
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