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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-10-24 13:17:20 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-10-24 13:17:20 +0200
commit9babb091e0ec84f7503fde0a2d9a2a16a0f48e3c (patch)
tree9b6f07288b9ca9d8444414cd7da291d7c4731da7 /arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
parent5cdda5117e125e0dbb020425cc55a4c143c6febc (diff)
parentbb176f67090ca54869fc1262c913aa69d2ede070 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.14-rc6' into locking/core, to pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index c096624137ae..ccbe24e697c4 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