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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64: annotate psci invoke functions as notrace
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:59:50PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:26:38PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> > Using GCC 5 to build the kernel with ftrace enabled, we encounter the
> > following error as a result of the mcount prologue changing the expected
> > register use of the function parameters,
> >
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s: Assembler messages:
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:41: Error: .err encountered
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:42: Error: .err encountered
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:43: Error: .err encountered
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:101: Error: .err encountered
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:102: Error: .err encountered
> > /tmp/cc8Kpn7A.s:103: Error: .err encountered
> > scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target 'arch/arm64/kernel/psci.o' failed
> >
> > Fix this by annotating the function as notrace, to suppress the
> > generation of profiling prologues and epilogues on the function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@redhat.com>
> >
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/psci.c
> > @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void psci_power_state_unpack(u32 power_state,
> > * The following two functions are invoked via the invoke_psci_fn pointer
> > * and will not be inlined, allowing us to piggyback on the AAPCS.
> > */
> > -static noinline int __invoke_psci_fn_hvc(u64 function_id, u64 arg0, u64 arg1,
> > +static noinline notrace int __invoke_psci_fn_hvc(u64 function_id, u64 arg0, u64 arg1,
> > u64 arg2)
> > {
> > asm volatile(
> > @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static noinline int __invoke_psci_fn_hvc(u64 function_id, u64 arg0, u64 arg1,
> > return function_id;
> > }
> >
> > -static noinline int __invoke_psci_fn_smc(u64 function_id, u64 arg0, u64 arg1,
> > +static noinline notrace int __invoke_psci_fn_smc(u64 function_id, u64 arg0, u64 arg1,
> > u64 arg2)
> > {
> > asm volatile(
>
> I need this patch in order to compile the upstream kernel on aarch64
> using gcc 5. Can it not be added temporarily while the longer term
> fix, whatever that is, is worked out?

As I mentioned in my reply, Will was waiting for -rc1 to post our
patches (which move this out to asm for arm and arm64). He's out of the
office today, but I expect they will be posted tomorrow (and hopefully
queued shortly thereafter).

Mark.


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