Re: [PATCH] compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 3:10 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi Arnd,
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> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:34 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 10:41 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've added your patch to my randconfig test setup and will let you
> > > know if I see anything noticeable. I'm currently testing clang-arm32,
> > > clang-arm64 and gcc-x86.
> >
> > This is the only additional bug that has come up so far:
> >
> > `.exit.text' referenced in section `.alt.smp.init' of
> > drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.o: defined in discarded section
> > `exit.text' of drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.o
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/atags.h b/arch/arm/kernel/atags.h
> > index 201100226301..84b12e33104d 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/kernel/atags.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/atags.h
> > @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ void convert_to_tag_list(struct tag *tags);
> >  const struct machine_desc *setup_machine_tags(phys_addr_t __atags_pointer,
> >         unsigned int machine_nr);
> >  #else
> > -static inline const struct machine_desc *
> > +static __always_inline const struct machine_desc *
> >  setup_machine_tags(phys_addr_t __atags_pointer, unsigned int machine_nr)
> >  {
> >         early_print("no ATAGS support: can't continue\n");
> >
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> I do not know why to reproduce it,

"how to"


> but is "__init __noreturn" more sensible than
> "__always_inline" here?
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>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada