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Remove unnecessary cast in prefetch()

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It is ok to call prefetch() function with NULL argument, as specifically
commented in include/linux/prefetch.h.  But in standard C, it is invalid
to dereference NULL pointer (see C99 standard 6.5.3.2 paragraph 4 and
note #84).

prefetch() has a memory reference for its argument.

Newer gcc versions (4.3 and above) will use that to conclude that "x"
argument is non-null and thus wreaking havok everywhere prefetch() was
inlined.

Fixed by removing cast and changing asm constraint.

[ It seems in theory gcc 4.2 could miscompile this too; although no
  cases known.  In 2.6.24 we should probably switch to
  __builtin_prefetch() instead, but this is a simpler fix for now.
				-- AK ]

Signed-off-by: Serge Belyshev <belyshev@depni.sinp.msu.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Serge Belyshev 2007-10-04 23:10:04 +02:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 9cdcaa2c93
commit 4ecbca8554
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include/asm-x86_64/processor.h
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@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
static inline void prefetch(void *x)
{
asm volatile("prefetcht0 %0" :: "m" (*(unsigned long *)x));
asm volatile("prefetcht0 (%0)" :: "r" (x));
}
#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW 1