Re: [PATCH] Use correct byte-sized register constraint in__xchg_op()

[Thomas Reitmayr]

Hi Josh,
You are right, this bug also affects 3.3 and IMO should be fixed there,
too!
-Thomas

Am Donnerstag, den 05.04.2012, 16:27 -0400 schrieb Josh Boyer:
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> x86-64 can access the low half of any register, but i386 can only do
> >> it with a subset of registers.  'r' causes compilation failures on i386,
> >> but 'q' expresses the constraint properly.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Reported-by: Leigh Scott <leigh123linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Tested-by: Thomas Reitmayr <treitmayr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This should be CC'd to stable, given the bug shows up in 3.3, right?
> 
> Er.. this patch seems to have been lost in limbo.  Is anyone following
> up on it?
> 
> josh
> 


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