[PATCH] x86: add a comment to __pa_symbol

[Namhyung Kim]

Until all supported versions of gcc recognize -fno-strict-overflow, we should
keep the RELOC_HIDE magic on __pa_symbol(). Comment it.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

---

 I hope I'm doing right. :-)

 arch/x86/include/asm/page.h |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
index 625c3f0..06cb6f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ static inline void copy_user_page(void *to, void *from, unsigned long vaddr,
 #define __pa_nodebug(x)	__phys_addr_nodebug((unsigned long)(x))
 /* __pa_symbol should be used for C visible symbols.
    This seems to be the official gcc blessed way to do such arithmetic. */
+/*
+ * we need __phys_reloc_hide() here because gcc may assume that there is no
+ * overflow during __pa() calculation and can optimize it unexpectedly.
+ * Newer versions of gcc provide -fno-strict-overflow switch to handle this
+ * case properly. Once all supported versions of gcc understand it, we can
+ * remove this Voodoo magic stuff.
+ */
 #define __pa_symbol(x)	__pa(__phys_reloc_hide((unsigned long)(x)))
 
 #define __va(x)			((void *)((unsigned long)(x)+PAGE_OFFSET))
-- 
1.7.0.4

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