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authorUros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>2026-03-30 08:57:45 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2026-03-30 10:10:16 +0300
commitec631bc3fb342ad7a2ec09433821e7201b7b15f9 (patch)
treefe293ce7af5bbbe7a818547eb2986f3f25374990
parentcaf3cb2ef22e4b4ff9f6bb48f71ce30dae663326 (diff)
downloadlinux-ec631bc3fb342ad7a2ec09433821e7201b7b15f9.tar.xz
x86/asm/segment: Implement loadsegment()/savesegment() macros with static inline helpers
Convert the __loadsegment_simple() and savesegment() macro implementations into static inline helper functions generated via small helper macros. Historically loadsegment() and savesegment() relied on macros that embedded inline assembly. This approach obscures types, complicates debugging, and makes the call sites harder for the compiler and static analysis tools to reason about. This change is purely mechanical and does not alter the generated code, but improves readability, type safety, and compiler visibility of the helpers. Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330055823.5793-4-ubizjak@gmail.com
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h57
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
index 0f4283dcd0c4..dbd90fede5e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
@@ -302,19 +302,17 @@ extern const char xen_early_idt_handler_array[NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS][XEN_EARLY_I
* failure to fully clear the cached descriptor is only observable for
* FS and GS.
*/
-#define __loadsegment_simple(seg, value) \
-do { \
- unsigned short __val = (value); \
- \
- asm volatile(" \n" \
- "1: movl %k0,%%" #seg " \n" \
+#define LOAD_SEGMENT(seg) \
+static inline void __loadsegment_##seg(u16 value) \
+{ \
+ asm volatile("1: movl %k0,%%" #seg "\n" \
_ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE_REG(1b, 1b, EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG, %k0)\
- : "+r" (__val) : : "memory"); \
-} while (0)
+ : "+r" (value) : : "memory"); \
+}
-#define __loadsegment_ss(value) __loadsegment_simple(ss, (value))
-#define __loadsegment_ds(value) __loadsegment_simple(ds, (value))
-#define __loadsegment_es(value) __loadsegment_simple(es, (value))
+LOAD_SEGMENT(ss)
+LOAD_SEGMENT(ds)
+LOAD_SEGMENT(es)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -322,19 +320,16 @@ do { \
* On 32-bit systems, the hidden parts of FS and GS are unobservable if
* the selector is NULL, so there's no funny business here.
*/
-#define __loadsegment_fs(value) __loadsegment_simple(fs, (value))
-#define __loadsegment_gs(value) __loadsegment_simple(gs, (value))
+LOAD_SEGMENT(fs)
+LOAD_SEGMENT(gs)
#else
-static inline void __loadsegment_fs(unsigned short value)
+static inline void __loadsegment_fs(u16 value)
{
- asm volatile(" \n"
- "1: movw %0, %%fs \n"
- "2: \n"
-
+ asm volatile("1: movw %0, %%fs\n"
+ "2:\n"
_ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE(1b, 2b, EX_TYPE_CLEAR_FS)
-
: : ASM_INPUT_RM (value) : "memory");
}
@@ -342,13 +337,31 @@ static inline void __loadsegment_fs(unsigned short value)
#endif
-#define loadsegment(seg, value) __loadsegment_ ## seg (value)
+#undef LOAD_SEGMENT
+
+#define loadsegment(seg, val) __loadsegment_##seg(val)
/*
* Save a segment register away:
*/
-#define savesegment(seg, value) \
- asm volatile("movl %%" #seg ",%k0" : "=r" (value))
+#define SAVE_SEGMENT(seg) \
+static inline unsigned long __savesegment_##seg(void) \
+{ \
+ unsigned long v; \
+ asm volatile("movl %%" #seg ",%k0" : "=r" (v)); \
+ return v; \
+}
+
+SAVE_SEGMENT(cs)
+SAVE_SEGMENT(ss)
+SAVE_SEGMENT(ds)
+SAVE_SEGMENT(es)
+SAVE_SEGMENT(fs)
+SAVE_SEGMENT(gs)
+
+#undef SAVE_SEGMENT
+
+#define savesegment(seg, var) ((var) = __savesegment_##seg())
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */