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SubjectRe: [PATCH] i386/gcc bug with do_test_wp_bit
I agree the code obviously looks ok, I will verify against 2.6.9-rc3 
anyways and send an updated patch that gets a non-tweaked gcc 3.3.3
build to boot. Additional fixes are needed for regparm compliance
between prototypes and functions; I've done these for i386, but may have
missed some in other architectures. I'd also like to get rid of the
apparently harmless lvalue warnings I get from gcc 3.3.3.

I checked the gcc docs but couldn't find any versions where noinline was
unsupported, although I should have assumed otherwise.

Zach

Linus Torvalds wrote:

>On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Zachary Amsden wrote:
>
>
>>I've included a small trivial fix that is harmless for users not using
>>gcc 3.3.3. Testing: my 2.6 kernel now boots when compiled with gcc
>>3.3.3 compiler.
>>
>>
>
>Thanks. However, it really should use the "noinline" define that we have
>for this, and that doesn't upset older versions of gcc that don't
>understand the "noinline" attribute.
>
>Also, declaration and definition should match, even if gcc doesn't seem to
>catch that.
>
>So here's the version I committed. It should be obviously ok, but it's
>still a good idea to verify..
>
> Linus
>
>---
># This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
>#
># ChangeSet
># 2004/10/05 18:51:53-07:00 torvalds@evo.osdl.org
># i386: mark do_test_wp_bit() noinline
>#
># As reported by Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>,
># some gcc versions will inline the function even when
># it is declared after the call-site. This particular
># function must not be inlined, since the exception
># recovery doesn't like __init sections (which the caller
># is in).
>#
># arch/i386/mm/init.c
># 2004/10/05 18:51:43-07:00 torvalds@evo.osdl.org +2 -2
># i386: mark do_test_wp_bit() noinline
>#
># As reported by Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>,
># some gcc versions will inline the function even when
># it is declared after the call-site. This particular
># function must not be inlined, since the exception
># recovery doesn't like __init sections (which the caller
># is in).
>#
>diff -Nru a/arch/i386/mm/init.c b/arch/i386/mm/init.c
>--- a/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2004-10-05 19:04:53 -07:00
>+++ b/arch/i386/mm/init.c 2004-10-05 19:04:53 -07:00
>@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mmu_gather, mmu_gathers);
> unsigned long highstart_pfn, highend_pfn;
>
>-static int do_test_wp_bit(void);
>+static int noinline do_test_wp_bit(void);
>
> /*
> * Creates a middle page table and puts a pointer to it in the
>@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
> * This function cannot be __init, since exceptions don't work in that
> * section. Put this after the callers, so that it cannot be inlined.
> */
>-static int do_test_wp_bit(void)
>+static int noinline do_test_wp_bit(void)
> {
> char tmp_reg;
> int flag;
>
>

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