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From: Sascha Bischoff <Sascha.Bischoff@arm.com>
To: "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
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	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: nd <nd@arm.com>, Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@arm.com>,
	"will@kernel.org" <will@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@arm.com>,
	"lpieralisi@kernel.org" <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
	"maz@kernel.org" <maz@kernel.org>,
	"oupton@kernel.org" <oupton@kernel.org>,
	"kvmarm@lists.linux.dev" <kvmarm@lists.linux.dev>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: sysreg: Make write_sysreg_s() select XZR without optimisation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 17:49:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904174855.76185-2-sascha.bischoff@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904174855.76185-1-sascha.bischoff@arm.com>

write_sysreg_s() tests whether its local __val variable is constant when
deciding whether to use XZR. Compilers only recognise that __val was
initialised with a constant zero after constant propagation.

With optimisation disabled, the fallback path therefore selects an
arbitrary general-purpose register. This is incorrect for instructions
such as GIC CDEOI, where Rt must be XZR rather than a register containing
zero.

Test the macro argument directly so that constant zero selects XZR
regardless of the optimisation level.

Fixes: e9ad390a4812 ("arm64/sysreg: Fix GIC CDEOI instruction encoding")
Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
index 7aa08d59d4944..a80bede50f865 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@
 #define write_sysreg_s(v, r) do {					\
 	u64 __val = (u64)(v);						\
 	u32 __maybe_unused __check_r = (u32)(r);			\
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(__val) && __val == 0)			\
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(v) && (u64)(v) == 0)			\
 		asm volatile(__msr_s(r, "xzr"));			\
 	else								\
 		asm volatile(__msr_s(r, "%x0") : : "r" (__val));	\
-- 
2.34.1

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-04 17:48 [PATCH 0/2] arm64: Make write_sysreg_s() select XZR reliably Sascha Bischoff
2026-09-04 17:49 ` Sascha Bischoff [this message]
2026-09-04 17:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: tools: Fix GIC CDEOI instruction encoding Sascha Bischoff

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