[PATCH 2/2] alpha: read $gp and $sp explicitly for clang
Matt Turner <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:08:42 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.ports.alpha,gmane.linux.kbuild.devel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
clang honors a local `register unsigned long x __asm__("$N")` variable
only where it appears as an inline-asm operand; merely reading it does
not produce the contents of that register. So trap_init() passed an
undefined global pointer to PAL_wrkgp, and load_PCB() stored an undefined
stack pointer into the PCB that swpctx then loaded. Either one wedges an
early boot.
Read the registers explicitly instead: an inline mov for $gp in
trap_init(), and the file-scope current_stack_pointer for $sp in
load_PCB(). A file-scope register-asm variable is the form clang does
support.
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <[email protected]>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c | 4 +++-
arch/alpha/mm/init.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
index 7631129ac914..5b4f1ae2b74b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
@@ -925,7 +925,9 @@ void
trap_init(void)
{
/* Tell PAL-code what global pointer we want in the kernel. */
- register unsigned long gptr __asm__("$29");
+ unsigned long gptr;
+
+ __asm__ volatile("mov $29, %0" : "=r"(gptr));
wrkgp(gptr);
wrent(entArith, 1);
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
index 9531cbc761c0..f4d65a60c869 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
static inline unsigned long
load_PCB(struct pcb_struct *pcb)
{
- register unsigned long sp __asm__("$30");
- pcb->ksp = sp;
+ pcb->ksp = (unsigned long)current_stack_pointer;
return __reload_thread(pcb);
}
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