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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:08:08 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     shuahkh@....samsung.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        bp@...en8.de, mingo@...nel.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com,
        luto@...nel.org, bp@...e.de, dvlasenk@...hat.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        brgerst@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:x86/asm] selftests/x86/sigreturn: Use CX, not AX, as the
 scratch register

Commit-ID:  1ef0199a1a698d82ecd39d11d1daa3f4ab006c75
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1ef0199a1a698d82ecd39d11d1daa3f4ab006c75
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:05:50 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:34:15 +0200

selftests/x86/sigreturn: Use CX, not AX, as the scratch register

RAX is handled specially in ESPFIX64.  Use CX as our scratch
register so that, if something goes wrong with RAX handling, we'll
notice.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9ceeb24ea56925586c330dc46306f757ddea9fb5.1473717910.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigreturn.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigreturn.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigreturn.c
index 8a577e7..246145b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigreturn.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/sigreturn.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ asm (".pushsection .text\n\t"
      ".type int3, @function\n\t"
      ".align 4096\n\t"
      "int3:\n\t"
-     "mov %ss,%eax\n\t"
+     "mov %ss,%ecx\n\t"
      "int3\n\t"
      ".size int3, . - int3\n\t"
      ".align 4096, 0xcc\n\t"
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static volatile sig_atomic_t sig_corrupt_final_ss;
 #ifdef __x86_64__
 # define REG_IP REG_RIP
 # define REG_SP REG_RSP
-# define REG_AX REG_RAX
+# define REG_CX REG_RCX
 
 struct selectors {
 	unsigned short cs, gs, fs, ss;
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static unsigned short *csptr(ucontext_t *ctx)
 #else
 # define REG_IP REG_EIP
 # define REG_SP REG_ESP
-# define REG_AX REG_EAX
+# define REG_CX REG_ECX
 
 static greg_t *ssptr(ucontext_t *ctx)
 {
@@ -457,10 +457,10 @@ static void sigusr1(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
 	ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_IP] =
 		sig_cs == code16_sel ? 0 : (unsigned long)&int3;
 	ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_SP] = (unsigned long)0x8badf00d5aadc0deULL;
-	ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_AX] = 0;
+	ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_CX] = 0;
 
 	memcpy(&requested_regs, &ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs, sizeof(gregset_t));
-	requested_regs[REG_AX] = *ssptr(ctx);	/* The asm code does this. */
+	requested_regs[REG_CX] = *ssptr(ctx);	/* The asm code does this. */
 
 	return;
 }
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void sigtrap(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ctx_void)
 	unsigned short ss;
 	asm ("mov %%ss,%0" : "=r" (ss));
 
-	greg_t asm_ss = ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_AX];
+	greg_t asm_ss = ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_CX];
 	if (asm_ss != sig_ss && sig == SIGTRAP) {
 		/* Sanity check failure. */
 		printf("[FAIL]\tSIGTRAP: ss = %hx, frame ss = %hx, ax = %llx\n",
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ static int test_valid_sigreturn(int cs_bits, bool use_16bit_ss, int force_ss)
 #endif
 
 		/* Sanity check on the kernel */
-		if (i == REG_AX && requested_regs[i] != resulting_regs[i]) {
-			printf("[FAIL]\tAX (saved SP) mismatch: requested 0x%llx; got 0x%llx\n",
+		if (i == REG_CX && requested_regs[i] != resulting_regs[i]) {
+			printf("[FAIL]\tCX (saved SP) mismatch: requested 0x%llx; got 0x%llx\n",
 			       (unsigned long long)requested_regs[i],
 			       (unsigned long long)resulting_regs[i]);
 			nerrs++;