linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: prevent inlining in arxescsi.c causing build failures

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Date:	Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:06:14 +0100
From:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	JBottomley@...allels.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: prevent inlining in arxescsi.c causing build
 failures

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:26:51PM -0500, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The following failure is seen in routine coverage builds:
> 
>   CC [M]  drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.o
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:334: Error: symbol `.loop_1' is already defined
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:337: Error: symbol `.loop_2' is already defined
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:343: Error: symbol `.loop_3' is already defined
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:365: Error: symbol `.loop_1' is already defined
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:368: Error: symbol `.loop_2' is already defined
> /tmp/cccEyiO7.s:374: Error: symbol `.loop_3' is already defined
> make[4]: *** [drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.o] Error 1
> 
> It is caused by multiple inline of arxescsi_pseudo_dma_write()
> which is responsible for the above labels.  Marking the fcn
> as non-inline fixes the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Is that a compiler or a code issue? If it's the compiler please fix
that. If it's the code, then please document why you added the noinline.

Having said that, "my" compiler compiles drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.o
just fine (using rpc_defconfig on v3.2-rc2).

> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.c b/drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.c
> index a750aa7..2608a9e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/arm/arxescsi.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ arxescsi_dma_setup(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_pointer *SCp,
>  	return fasdma_pseudo;
>  }
>  
> -static void arxescsi_pseudo_dma_write(unsigned char *addr, void __iomem *base)
> +static noinline void
> +arxescsi_pseudo_dma_write(unsigned char *addr, void __iomem *base)
Shouldn't this line get some indention?

>  {
>         __asm__ __volatile__(
>         "               stmdb   sp!, {r0-r12}\n"

Best regards
Uwe

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