Re: [PATCH] branch tracer: fix freak link error

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Feb 15 2016 - 12:47:54 EST


On Fri, 12 Feb 2016 22:26:42 +0100
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In my randconfig tests, I came across a bug that involves several
> components:
>
>

[..]

>
> This patch avoids the problem by changing __trace_if() to check
> whether the condition is known at compile-time to be nonzero, rather
> than checking whether it is actually a constant.
>
> I see this one link error in roughly one out of 1600 randconfig builds
> on ARM, and the patch fixes all known instances.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: ab3c9c686e22 ("branch tracer, intel-iommu: fix build with CONFIG_BRANCH_TRACER=y")

Want me to pull this into my queue? I have another patch I need to send
to Linus and I can add this in that pull request.

-- Steve