linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 08/13] x86/alternatives: Add missing \n at end of ALTERNATIVE inline asm

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Date:   Thu,  4 Jan 2018 14:37:05 +0000
From:   David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
To:     ak@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: [PATCH v3 08/13] x86/alternatives: Add missing \n at end of ALTERNATIVE inline asm

Where an ALTERNATIVE is used in the middle of an inline asm block, this
would otherwise lead to the following instruction being appended directly
to the trailing ".popsection", and a failed compile.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index dbfd0854651f..cf5961ca8677 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 	".popsection\n"							\
 	".pushsection .altinstr_replacement, \"ax\"\n"			\
 	ALTINSTR_REPLACEMENT(newinstr, feature, 1)			\
-	".popsection"
+	".popsection\n"
 
 #define ALTERNATIVE_2(oldinstr, newinstr1, feature1, newinstr2, feature2)\
 	OLDINSTR_2(oldinstr, 1, 2)					\
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 	".pushsection .altinstr_replacement, \"ax\"\n"			\
 	ALTINSTR_REPLACEMENT(newinstr1, feature1, 1)			\
 	ALTINSTR_REPLACEMENT(newinstr2, feature2, 2)			\
-	".popsection"
+	".popsection\n"
 
 /*
  * Alternative instructions for different CPU types or capabilities.
-- 
2.14.3