Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: jump_label: use constraints "Si" instead of "i"

From: Will Deacon
Date: Fri Feb 09 2024 - 13:31:52 EST


On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 23:45:52 -0800, Fangrui Song wrote:
> The generic constraint "i" seems to be copied from x86 or arm (and with
> a redundant generic operand modifier "c"). It works with -fno-PIE but
> not with -fPIE/-fPIC in GCC's aarch64 port.
>
> The machine constraint "S", which denotes a symbol or label reference
> with a constant offset, supports PIC and has been available in GCC since
> 2012 and in Clang since 7.0. However, Clang before 19 does not support
> "S" on a symbol with a constant offset [1] (e.g.
> `static_key_false(&nf_hooks_needed[pf][hook])` in
> include/linux/netfilter.h), so we use "i" as a fallback.
>
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/fixes), thanks!

[1/1] arm64: jump_label: use constraints "Si" instead of "i"
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/f9daab0ad01c

Cheers,
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Will

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