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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h index e7636bac7372..6c98821fef5e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h @@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ #define new_len2 145f-144f /* - * max without conditionals. Idea adapted from: + * gas compatible max based on the idea from: * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#IntegerMinOrMax + * + * The additional "-" is needed because gas uses a "true" value of -1. */ #define alt_max_short(a, b) ((a) ^ (((a) ^ (b)) & -(-((a) < (b))))) |