Re: [PATCH v2] sched: Fix compiler warnings

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 03:40:28PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Guenter Roeck
> > Actually turns out one can use __attribute_const__, and it is
> > 
> > 	static inline int __attribute_const__ cpu_corepower_flags(void)
> > 
> > which turns out to be widely used.
> > 
> > I'll change that and resubmit after testing.
> 
> You don't need to tell the compiler that for an inline function.
I didn't check for the functions in question here, but in general your
statement is wrong.

For example:

static inline unsigned int __attribute_const__ read_cpuid_id(void)
{
	return readl(BASEADDR_V7M_SCB + V7M_SCB_CPUID);
}

from arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h. The V7M_SCB_CPUID register never
changes, but there is no way gcc can deduce that.

Best regards
Uwe

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