Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:45:26 -0700 | From | Sodagudi Prasad <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] compiler, clang: Add always_inline attribute to inline |
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On 2017-06-22 02:43, Mark Rutland wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 04:12:32PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Mark Rutland wrote: >> >> > As with my reply to David, my preference would be that we: >> > >> > 1) Align compiler-clang.h with the compiler-gcc.h inlining behaviour, so >> > that things work by default. >> > >> > 2) Fix up the arm64 core code (and drivers for architected / common >> > peripherals) to use __always_inline where we always require inlining. >> > >> > 3) Have arm64 select CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING, and have >> > people test-build configurations with CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING, with >> > both GCC and clang. >> > >> > 4) Fix up drivers, etc, as appropriate. >> > >> > 5) Once that's largely stable, and if there's a benefit, have arm64 >> > select CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING by default. >> > >> > That should avoid undue breakage, while enabling this ASAP. >> > >> >> Sounds good, but I think we should simply deal with the >> __attribute__((unused)) needed for clang as part of compiler-gcc.h by >> simply adding it to the inline override there to avoid duplicated >> code. > > Agreed. That looks much better. > > Thanks, > Mark. > >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h >> b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h >> --- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h >> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h >> @@ -15,11 +15,3 @@ >> * with any version that can compile the kernel >> */ >> #define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), >> __COUNTER__) >> - >> -/* >> - * GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for >> - * -Wunused-function. This turns out to avoid the need for complex >> #ifdef >> - * directives. Suppress the warning in clang as well. >> - */ >> -#undef inline >> -#define inline inline __attribute__((unused)) notrace >> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h >> b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h >> index 0efef9cf014f..71fe0994cf1a 100644 >> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h >> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h >> @@ -66,18 +66,22 @@ >> >> /* >> * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config, >> - * or if gcc is too old: >> + * or if gcc is too old. >> + * GCC does not warn about unused static inline functions for >> + * -Wunused-function. This turns out to avoid the need for complex >> #ifdef >> + * directives. Suppress the warning in clang as well by using >> "unused" >> + * function attribute, which is redundant but not harmful for gcc. >> */ >> #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING) || \ >> !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4) >> -#define inline inline __attribute__((always_inline)) notrace >> -#define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline)) notrace >> -#define __inline __inline __attribute__((always_inline)) notrace >> +#define inline inline __attribute__((always_inline,unused)) notrace >> +#define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((always_inline,unused)) >> notrace >> +#define __inline __inline __attribute__((always_inline,unused)) >> notrace >> #else >> /* A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing */ >> -#define inline inline notrace >> -#define __inline__ __inline__ notrace >> -#define __inline __inline notrace >> +#define inline inline __attribute__((unused)) notrace >> +#define __inline__ __inline__ __attribute__((unused)) notrace >> +#define __inline __inline __attribute__((unused)) notrace >> #endif >> >> #define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline)) Hi David,
I just want to cross check with you. Do you want me to update this change in next patch set ? Or are you going to add this ?
-Thanks, Prasad -- The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
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