Ping: [PATCH] tools/xen-detect: avoid possible pitfall with cpuid()

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 03.12.2021 13:09, Jan Beulich wrote:
> The 64-bit form forces %ecx to 0 while the 32-bit one so far didn't - it
> only ended up that way when "pv_context" is zero. While presently no
> leaf queried by callers has separate subleaves, let's avoid chancing it.
> 
> While there
> - replace references to operands by number,
> - relax constraints where possible,
> - limit PUSH/POP to just the registers not also used as input,
> all where applicable also for the 64-bit variant.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Any chance of getting an ack or otherwise here? (Anthony, I realize you've
not been on the Cc list originally, as the patch we sent before the
maintainership adjustment.)

Jan

> ---
> I'm pretty sure %edx also wouldn't need to be subject to PUSH/POP here,
> but I didn't want to go more "against" the comment than obviously
> justifiable by the input registers used. In fact I've observed gcc to
> pick %edx for putting "pv_context" in.
> 
> --- a/tools/misc/xen-detect.c
> +++ b/tools/misc/xen-detect.c
> @@ -52,17 +52,19 @@ static void cpuid(uint32_t idx, uint32_t
>  #ifdef __i386__
>      /* Use the stack to avoid reg constraint failures with some gcc flags */
>      asm volatile (
> -        "push %%eax; push %%ebx; push %%ecx; push %%edx\n\t"
> -        "test %1,%1 ; jz 1f ; ud2a ; .ascii \"xen\" ; 1: cpuid\n\t"
> -        "mov %%eax,(%2); mov %%ebx,4(%2)\n\t"
> -        "mov %%ecx,8(%2); mov %%edx,12(%2)\n\t"
> -        "pop %%edx; pop %%ecx; pop %%ebx; pop %%eax\n\t"
> -        : : "a" (idx), "c" (pv_context), "S" (regs) : "memory" );
> +        "push %%ebx; push %%edx\n\t"
> +        "test %[pv],%[pv] ; jz 1f ; ud2a ; .ascii \"xen\" ; 1: cpuid\n\t"
> +        "mov %%eax,(%[regs]); mov %%ebx,4(%[regs])\n\t"
> +        "mov %%ecx,8(%[regs]); mov %%edx,12(%[regs])\n\t"
> +        "pop %%edx; pop %%ebx\n\t"
> +        : "+a" (idx), "=c" (idx /* dummy */)
> +        : "c" (0), [pv] "r" (pv_context), [regs] "SD" (regs)
> +        : "memory" );
>  #else
>      asm volatile (
> -        "test %5,%5 ; jz 1f ; ud2a ; .ascii \"xen\" ; 1: cpuid\n\t"
> +        "test %[pv],%[pv] ; jz 1f ; ud2a ; .ascii \"xen\" ; 1: cpuid\n\t"
>          : "=a" (regs[0]), "=b" (regs[1]), "=c" (regs[2]), "=d" (regs[3])
> -        : "0" (idx), "1" (pv_context), "2" (0) );
> +        : "0" (idx), "2" (0), [pv] "r" (pv_context) );
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> 
>