Re: amd64 bitops fix for -Os

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Oct 30 2005 - 14:32:56 EST


Hi!

> This patches fixes a bug that comes up when compiling the kernel for
> x86_64 optimizing for size. It affects 2.6.14 for sure, but I'm
> pretty sure many earlier kernels are affected as well.

Is the same problem in i386, too?

> --- arch/x86_64/lib/bitops.c~ 2005-10-27 22:02:08.000000000 -0200
> +++ arch/x86_64/lib/bitops.c 2005-10-29 18:24:27.000000000 -0200
> @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
> #include <linux/bitops.h>
>
> +#define BITOPS_CHECK_UNDERFLOW_RANGE 0
> +
> +#if BITOPS_CHECK_UNDERFLOW_RANGE
> +# include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#endif

Could you drop the ifdefs? Nice for debugging but we don't
want them in mainline.

Plus you want to add signed-off-by: header and send it to ak@xxxxxxxx
Pavel

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