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Subject[PATCH] ix86: relax a pvops stub clobber specification
The code at .Lrestore_nocheck does not make any assumptions on register
values, so all registers can be clobbered on code paths leading there.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- 4.10-rc6/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ 4.10-rc6-ix86-relax-clobber/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ ENTRY(iret_exc )
* will soon execute iret and the tracer was already set to
* the irqstate after the IRET:
*/
- DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_EAX)
+ DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
lss (%esp), %esp /* switch to espfix segment */
jmp .Lrestore_nocheck
#endif


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