diff -Nrup a/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h b/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h
--- a/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h 2019-10-03 20:00:29.000000000 -0600
+++ b/include/linux-i386/sysdep.h 2020-10-19 16:10:45.680585173 -0600
@@ -139,12 +139,18 @@ static __inline__ uint32_t ips_cmpxchg(v
uint32_t old_val, uint32_t new_val)
{
uint32_t prev;
- struct xchg_dummy {
- uint32_t a[100];
- };
+ /* This code used to cast PTR to a type which was an array of 100
+ uint32_t objects. That makes no sense as the cmpxchgl's side
+ effect can be covered by an single int.
+
+ The semantics of GCC's ASMs for memory is that it clobbers the
+ whole pointed-to object. Thus analyzers saw a 100 uint32_t sized
+ store which triggers diagnostics for out of bounds array writes.
+
+ The cast to the dummy type has been removed. */
asm volatile (LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchgl %1,%2" : "=a"(prev)
- : "q"(new_val), "m"(*(struct xchg_dummy *)ptr), "0"(old_val)
+ : "q"(new_val), "m"(*ptr), "0"(old_val)
: "memory");
return prev;