linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 034/121] selftests/powerpc: Fix TM resched DSCR test with some compilers

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Message-Id: <20180411183458.173618894@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:35:37 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 034/121] selftests/powerpc: Fix TM resched DSCR test with some compilers

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

[ Upstream commit fe06fe860250a4f01d0eaf70a2563b1997174a74 ]

The tm-resched-dscr test has started failing sometimes, depending on
what compiler it's built with, eg:

  test: tm_resched_dscr
  Check DSCR TM context switch: tm-resched-dscr: tm-resched-dscr.c:76: test_body: Assertion `rv' failed.
  !! child died by signal 6

When it fails we see that the compiler doesn't initialise rv to 1 before
entering the inline asm block. Although that's counter intuitive, it
is allowed because we tell the compiler that the inline asm will write
to rv (using "=r"), meaning the original value is irrelevant.

Marking it as a read/write parameter would presumably work, but it seems
simpler to fix it by setting the initial value of rv in the inline asm.

Fixes: 96d016108640 ("powerpc: Correct DSCR during TM context switch")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Acked-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ int test_body(void)
 	printf("Check DSCR TM context switch: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 	for (;;) {
-		rv = 1;
 		asm __volatile__ (
 			/* set a known value into the DSCR */
 			"ld      3, %[dscr1];"
 			"mtspr   %[sprn_dscr], 3;"

+			"li      %[rv], 1;"
 			/* start and suspend a transaction */
 			TBEGIN
 			"beq     1f;"