Re: [PATCH 1/2] Compiler Attributes: naked was fixed in gcc 4.6

[Stefan Agner]

On 13.09.2018 16:59, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Commit 9c695203a7dd ("compiler-gcc.h: gcc-4.5 needs noclone
> and noinline on __naked functions") added noinline and noclone
> as a workaround for a gcc 4.5 bug, which was resolved in 4.6.0.
> 
> Since now the minimum gcc supported version is 4.6,
> we can clean it up.
> 
> See https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44290
> and https://godbolt.org/z/h6NMIL
> 
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eli Friedman <efriedma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christopher Li <sparse@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-sparse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@xxxxxxxx>

--
Stefan

> ---
>  include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> index 763bbad1e258..25d3dd6b2702 100644
> --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
> @@ -84,14 +84,8 @@
>   * to trace naked functions because then mcount is called without
>   * stack and frame pointer being set up and there is no chance to
>   * restore the lr register to the value before mcount was called.
> - *
> - * The asm() bodies of naked functions often depend on standard calling
> - * conventions, therefore they must be noinline and noclone.
> - *
> - * GCC 4.[56] currently fail to enforce this, so we must do so ourselves.
> - * See GCC PR44290.
>   */
> -#define __naked		__attribute__((naked)) noinline __noclone notrace
> +#define __naked		__attribute__((naked)) notrace
>  
>  #define __UNIQUE_ID(prefix) __PASTE(__PASTE(__UNIQUE_ID_, prefix), __COUNTER__)