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[xen staging-4.13] x86/string: correct memmove()'s forwarding to memcpy()



commit 2c813771c5876e0d7a0f423a0d22f6b7d5ae47a3
Author:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 5 15:43:52 2021 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Mar 5 15:43:52 2021 +0100

    x86/string: correct memmove()'s forwarding to memcpy()
    
    With memcpy() expanding to the compiler builtin, we may not hand it
    overlapping source and destination. We strictly mean to forward to our
    own implementation (a few lines up in the same source file).
    
    Fixes: 78825e1c60fa ("x86/string: Clean up x86/string.h")
    Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    master commit: 7b93d92a35dc7c0a6e5f1f79b3c887aa3e66ddc0
    master date: 2021-02-04 13:59:56 +0100
---
 xen/arch/x86/string.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/string.c b/xen/arch/x86/string.c
index e2f84638c4..bda24b14ac 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/string.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/string.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ void *(memmove)(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n)
         return dest;
 
     if ( dest < src )
-        return memcpy(dest, src, n);
+        /* Depends on Xen's implementation operating forwards. */
+        return (memcpy)(dest, src, n);
 
     asm volatile (
         "   std         ; "
--
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