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bn_mul.h: fix x86 PIC inline ASM compilation with GCC < 5
FixesMbed-TLS#1910
With ebx added to the MULADDC_STOP clobber list to fixMbed-TLS#1550, the inline
assembly fails to build with GCC < 5 in PIC mode with the following error:
include/mbedtls/bn_mul.h:46:13: error: PIC register clobbered by ‘ebx’ in ‘asm’
This is because older GCC versions treated the x86 ebx register (which is
used for the GOT) as a fixed reserved register when building as PIC.
This is fixed by an improved register allocator in GCC 5+. From the release
notes:
Register allocation improvements: Reuse of the PIC hard register, instead of
using a fixed register, was implemented on x86/x86-64 targets. This
improves generated PIC code performance as more hard registers can be used.
https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-5/changes.html
As a workaround, detect this situation and disable the inline assembly,
similar to the MULADDC_CANNOT_USE_R7 logic.
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <[email protected]>
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