From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
To: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND -tip v2] x86/asm: Improve clflush alternatives assembler template
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 11:50:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260505095043.3425019-1-ubizjak@gmail.com> (raw)
The inline asm used with alternative_input() specifies the address
operand for clflush with the "a" input operand constraint and an
explicit "(%[addr])" dereference:
"clflush (%[addr])", [addr] "a" (addr)
This forces the pointer into %rax and manually encodes the memory
operand in the template. Instead, use the %a address operand
modifier and relax the constraint from "a" to "r":
"clflush %a[addr]", [addr] "r" (addr)
This lets the compiler choose the register used for the address and
formats the operand as a memory reference. Add a "memory" clobber
to ensure the flush is not reordered across memory operations.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: David Laight <david.laight.linux@gmail.com>
---
v2: Add "memory" clobber to ensure flush is not reordered across
memory operations.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
index e4815e15dc9a..644ada6c0b3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static __always_inline void mwait_idle_with_hints(u32 eax, u32 ecx)
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MONITOR) || !current_set_polling_and_test()) {
const void *addr = ¤t_thread_info()->flags;
- alternative_input("", "clflush (%[addr])", X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR, [addr] "a" (addr));
+ alternative_input("", "clflush %a[addr]", X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR,
+ [addr] "r" (addr) : "memory");
__monitor(addr, 0, 0);
if (need_resched())
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 4c718f8adc59..63581789f7e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -921,7 +921,8 @@ static __cpuidle void mwait_idle(void)
if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
const void *addr = ¤t_thread_info()->flags;
- alternative_input("", "clflush (%[addr])", X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR, [addr] "a" (addr));
+ alternative_input("", "clflush %a[addr]", X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR,
+ [addr] "r" (addr) : "memory");
__monitor(addr, 0, 0);
if (need_resched())
goto out;
--
2.54.0
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