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authorXie Xiaobo <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>2017-12-12 08:12:33 (GMT)
committerXie Xiaobo <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>2017-12-12 08:12:33 (GMT)
commitc0246a9ec4d461ef4dd7647f94005380bb9e7f0b (patch)
tree7588601aa6ce98f5e9fd083a1b351d9023c0b295 /arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
parent50fd1a6d79d48a7c35890aecce5a5d6b872a461d (diff)
parent56f4a560c6d6318b5a8e18a1b3e44909a5158d1e (diff)
downloadlinux-c0246a9ec4d461ef4dd7647f94005380bb9e7f0b.tar.xz
Merge Linaro linux 4.9.62 into linux-4.9
Signed-off-by: Xiaobo Xie <xiaobo.xie@nxp.com>
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 1b02038..d4aea31 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
alt_end_marker ":\n"
/*
- * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from:
+ * gas compatible max based on the idea from:
* http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax
*
- * The additional "-" is needed because gas works with s32s.
+ * The additional "-" is needed because gas uses a "true" value of -1.
*/
-#define alt_max_short(a, b) "((" a ") ^ (((" a ") ^ (" b ")) & -(-((" a ") - (" b ")))))"
+#define alt_max_short(a, b) "((" a ") ^ (((" a ") ^ (" b ")) & -(-((" a ") < (" b ")))))"
/*
* Pad the second replacement alternative with additional NOPs if it is