[PATCH -tip 1/3] x86/fsgsbase: Remove unnecessary "memory" clobbers from FS/GS base accessors

From: Uros Bizjak

Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 04:22:21 EST


The rdfsbase() and rdgsbase() helpers currently include a "memory" clobber
in their inline assembly definitions. However, the RDFSBASE and RDGSBASE
instructions only read the FS/GS base MSRs into a general-purpose register
and do not access memory. As such, the "memory" clobber is unnecessary.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h
index ab2547f97c2c..70ff4ef457b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long rdfsbase(void)
{
unsigned long fsbase;

- asm volatile("rdfsbase %0" : "=r" (fsbase) :: "memory");
+ asm volatile("rdfsbase %0" : "=r" (fsbase));

return fsbase;
}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long rdgsbase(void)
{
unsigned long gsbase;

- asm volatile("rdgsbase %0" : "=r" (gsbase) :: "memory");
+ asm volatile("rdgsbase %0" : "=r" (gsbase));

return gsbase;
}
--
2.53.0