Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers 0.7 for 2.6.17 (with type checking!)

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Thu Sep 21 2006 - 22:19:29 EST


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> >#define MARK_SYM(name) \
> > do { \
> > __label__ here; \
> > volatile static void *__mark_kprobe_##name \
> > asm (MARK_CALL_PREFIX#name) \
> > __attribute__((unused)) = &&here; \
> >here: \
> > do { } while(0); \
> > } while(0)
> >
> >Which fixes the problem. Some tests showed me that the compiler does not
> >unroll
> >an otherwise unrolled loop when this specific macro is called. (test done
> >with
> >-funroll-all-loops).
>
> Eh? I thought you wanted to avoid changing the generated code?
> Inhibiting loop unrolling could be a pretty large change...
>

Yes, if possible. But letting gcc duplicate those symbols brings many questions,
such as : how can we name each of them differently ? Is there any way to
automatically increment an "identifier" counter in assembly ?

Mathieu

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