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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: fixup alternative_call_2
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:

> The following pattern fails to compile while the same pattern
> with alternative_call() does.
>
> if (...)
> alternative_call_2(...);
> else
> alternative_call_2(...);

Sigh. Can we get an explanation WHY it fails ?

>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
> @@ -218,13 +218,11 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
> */
> #define alternative_call_2(oldfunc, newfunc1, feature1, newfunc2, feature2, \
> output, input...) \
> -{ \
> asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
> "call %P[new2]", feature2) \
> : output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT \
> : [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1), \
> - [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input); \
> -}
> + [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
>
> /*
> * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
>

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