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

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

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...

   J
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