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authorGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2012-05-08 11:35:37 -0600
committerGrant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>2012-05-08 11:35:37 -0600
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Merge tag 'v3.4-rc6' into gpio/next
Linux 3.4-rc6
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diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c b/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c
index 4763b3aff1c..37440caa737 100644
--- a/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c
+++ b/arch/tile/lib/memcpy_user_64.c
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
* Do memcpy(), but trap and return "n" when a load or store faults.
*
* Note: this idiom only works when memcpy() compiles to a leaf function.
- * If "sp" is updated during memcpy, the "jrp lr" will be incorrect.
+ * Here leaf function not only means it does not have calls, but also
+ * requires no stack operations (sp, stack frame pointer) and no
+ * use of callee-saved registers, else "jrp lr" will be incorrect since
+ * unwinding stack frame is bypassed. Since memcpy() is not complex so
+ * these conditions are satisfied here, but we need to be careful when
+ * modifying this file. This is not a clean solution but is the best
+ * one so far.
*
* Also note that we are capturing "n" from the containing scope here.
*/