Re: [PATCH] sparc: mark __arch_xchg() as __always_inline

[Andi Shyti]

Hi Arnd,

> An otherwise correct change to the atomic operations uncovered an
> existing bug in the sparc __arch_xchg() function, which is calls
> __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer() when its arguments are unknown at
> compile time:
> 
> ERROR: modpost: "__xchg_called_with_bad_pointer" [lib/atomic64_test.ko] undefined!
> 
> This now happens because gcc determines that it's better to not inline the
> function. Avoid this by just marking the function as __always_inline
> to force the compiler to do the right thing here.
> 
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c525adc9-6623-4660-8718-e0c9311563b8@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: d12157efc8e08 ("locking/atomic: make atomic*_{cmp,}xchg optional")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

Thanks,
Andi