linux-kernel - [PATCH] MIPS: Add 'memory' clobber to csum_ipv6

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Message-Id: <20240211160837.2436375-1-linux@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:08:37 -0800
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: Add 'memory' clobber to csum_ipv6_magic() inline assembler

After 'lib: checksum: Use aligned accesses for ip_fast_csum and
csum_ipv6_magic tests' was applied, the test_csum_ipv6_magic unit test
started failing for all mips platforms, both little and bit endian.
Oddly enough, adding debug code into test_csum_ipv6_magic() made the
problem disappear.

The gcc manual says:

"The "memory" clobber tells the compiler that the assembly code performs
 memory reads or writes to items other than those listed in the input
 and output operands (for example, accessing the memory pointed to by one
 of the input parameters)
"

This is definitely the case for csum_ipv6_magic(). Indeed, adding the
'memory' clobber fixes the problem.

Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@...osinc.com>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
---
 arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
index 4044eaf989ac..0921ddda11a4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/checksum.h
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
 	"	.set	pop"
 	: "=&r" (sum), "=&r" (tmp)
 	: "r" (saddr), "r" (daddr),
-	  "0" (htonl(len)), "r" (htonl(proto)), "r" (sum));
+	  "0" (htonl(len)), "r" (htonl(proto)), "r" (sum)
+	: "memory");
 
 	return csum_fold(sum);
 }
-- 
2.39.2