Re: [PATCH -fixes] dma-mapping: add default implementation to arch_dma_{set|clear}_uncached

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 07:19:12 EST


On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 05:25:29PM +0800, Yangyu Chen wrote:
> Currently, we have some code in kernel/dma/direct.c which references
> arch_dma_set_uncached and arch_dma_clear_uncached. However, many
> architectures do not provide these symbols, and the code currently
> relies on compiler optimization to cut the unnecessary code. When the
> compiler fails to optimize it, the code will reference the symbol and
> cause a link error. I found this bug when developing some new extensions
> for RISC-V on LLVM. The error message is shown below:

Same comment as for the last one. I think your compiler misbehaves,
and the typical reason for that would be if you disable all
optimizations.