Re: [RESEND,PATCH] ARM: fix __div64_32() error when compiling with clang

[Ard Biesheuvel]

(+ Nico)

On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 11:11, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 08:39, Antony Yu <swpenim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > __do_div64 clobbers the input register r0 in little endian system.
> > According to the inline assembly document, if an input operand is
> > modified, it should be tied to a output operand. This patch can
> > prevent compilers from reusing r0 register after asm statements.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Antony Yu <swpenim@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h
> > index 898e9c78a7e7..809efc51e90f 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/div64.h
> > @@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ static inline uint32_t __div64_32(uint64_t *n, uint32_t base)
> >         asm(    __asmeq("%0", __xh)
> >                 __asmeq("%1", "r2")
> >                 __asmeq("%2", "r0")
> > -               __asmeq("%3", "r4")
> > +               __asmeq("%3", "r0")
> > +               __asmeq("%4", "r4")
> >                 "bl     __do_div64"
> > -               : "=r" (__rem), "=r" (__res)
> > +               : "=r" (__rem), "=r" (__res), "=r" (__n)
> >                 : "r" (__n), "r" (__base)
> >                 : "ip", "lr", "cc");
> >         *n = __res;
> > --
> > 2.23.0
> >
>
> Agree that using r0 as an input operand only is incorrect, and not
> only on Clang. The compiler might assume that r0 will retain its value
> across the asm() block, which is obviously not the case.
>
> However, your patch will likely break big-endian, since in that case,
> __xh == r0, and so it will appear twice.
>
> Perhaps it would be better to change the type of __rem to unsigned
> long long as well?