[PATCH] um/asm: Replace "REP; NOP" with PAUSE mnemonic
Uros Bizjak
ubizjak at gmail.com
Mon Apr 14 07:55:57 PDT 2025
Current minimum required version of binutils is 2.25,
which supports PAUSE instruction mnemonic.
Replace "REP; NOP" with this proper mnemonic.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at>
Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov at cambridgegreys.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp at alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen at linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
index 478710384b34..233a7a0d29c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/asm/processor.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
/* REP NOP (PAUSE) is a good thing to insert into busy-wait loops. */
static __always_inline void rep_nop(void)
{
- __asm__ __volatile__("rep;nop": : :"memory");
+ __asm__ __volatile__("pause": : :"memory");
}
static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
--
2.42.0
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