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-rw-r--r--arch/arc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 03cd689..90de5c5 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long expected, unsigned long new)
" scond %3, [%1] \n"
" bnz 1b \n"
"2: \n"
- : "=&r"(prev)
- : "r"(ptr), "ir"(expected),
- "r"(new) /* can't be "ir". scond can't take limm for "b" */
- : "cc");
+ : "=&r"(prev) /* Early clobber, to prevent reg reuse */
+ : "r"(ptr), /* Not "m": llock only supports reg direct addr mode */
+ "ir"(expected),
+ "r"(new) /* can't be "ir". scond can't take LIMM for "b" */
+ : "cc", "memory"); /* so that gcc knows memory is being written here */
return prev;
}
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