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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index f715fee40821..5838fa911aa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -153,11 +153,14 @@ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
* Careful: we have to cast the result to the type of the pointer
* for sign reasons.
*
- * The use of %edx as the register specifier is a bit of a
+ * The use of _ASM_DX as the register specifier is a bit of a
* simplification, as gcc only cares about it as the starting point
* and not size: for a 64-bit value it will use %ecx:%edx on 32 bits
* (%ecx being the next register in gcc's x86 register sequence), and
* %rdx on 64 bits.
+ *
+ * Clang/LLVM cares about the size of the register, but still wants
+ * the base register for something that ends up being a pair.
*/
#define get_user(x, ptr) \
({ \