Re: [PATCH 08/46] static_call, lto: Mark static keys as __visible

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 13:53:06 EST


On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 04:51:07PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:43:06PM +0100, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> > From: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Symbols referenced from assembler (either directly or e.f. from
> > DEFINE_STATIC_KEY()) need to be global and visible in gcc LTO because
> > they could end up in a different object file than the assembler. This
> > can lead to linker errors without this patch.
> >
> > So mark static call functions as __visible, namely static keys here.
>
> Why doesn't llvm-lto need this?
>
> Also, why am I getting a random selection of the patchset?

Same, please Cc me on the whole set next time.

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Josh