Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge: fix stack usage warning on old gcc

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 9:56 AM Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/tc358768.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/tc358768.c
> > index 1b39e8d37834..6650fe4cfc20 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/tc358768.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/tc358768.c
> > @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static int tc358768_clear_error(struct tc358768_priv *priv)
> >
> >   static void tc358768_write(struct tc358768_priv *priv, u32 reg, u32 val)
> >   {
> > +     /* work around https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81715 */
> > +     int tmpval = val;

>
> tc358768_write is not inline. What is the inline function here? Or is tc358768_write optimized to
> inline by the compiler?

I missed the lack of an explicit inline tag when looking at the bug. gcc
usually decides which functions to inline on its own, so there is little
difference in practice. Let me know if I should clarify the changelog and
resend it.

      Arnd