[patch] x86, fix rwsem build bug on CONFIG_M386=y

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Oct 05 2006 - 04:37:03 EST



* Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This email lists some known regressions in 2.6.19-rc1 compared to
> 2.6.18.

thanks Adrian - this list is extremely useful in my opinion! Please keep
up the good work.

> Subject : CONFIG_M386=y rwsem compile error
> References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/3/240
> Submitter : Klaus Knopper <knopper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Guilty : Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
> commit add659bf8aa92f8b3f01a8c0220557c959507fb1
> Status : unknown

find the fix below.

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Subject: [patch] x86, fix rwsem build bug on CONFIG_M386=y
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

CONFIG_M386 turns on spinlock-based generic rwsems - which surprises the
semaphore.S rwsem stubs. Tested both with and without CONFIG_M386.

Reported-by: Klaus Knopper <knopper@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Triaged-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/i386/lib/semaphore.S | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

Index: linux/arch/i386/lib/semaphore.S
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/lib/semaphore.S
+++ linux/arch/i386/lib/semaphore.S
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ ENTRY(__read_lock_failed)

#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM
+
/* Fix up special calling conventions */
ENTRY(call_rwsem_down_read_failed)
CFI_STARTPROC
@@ -214,3 +216,4 @@ ENTRY(call_rwsem_downgrade_wake)
CFI_ENDPROC
END(call_rwsem_downgrade_wake)

+#endif
-
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