Will Deacon
a48e61de75
As of ac7c3e4ff4 ("compiler: enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING forcibly"),
inline functions are no longer annotated with '__always_inline', which
allows the compiler to decide whether inlining is really a good idea or
not. Although this is a great idea on paper, the reality is that AArch64
GCC prior to 9.1 has been shown to get confused when creating an
out-of-line copy of a function passing explicit 'register' variables
into an inline assembly block:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91111
It's not clear whether this is specific to arm64 or not but, for now,
ensure that all of our functions using 'register' variables are marked
as '__always_inline' so that the old behaviour is effectively preserved.
Hopefully other architectures are luckier with their compilers.
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@suse.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.