linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bug.h: Work around GCC PR82365 in BUG()

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Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:54:00 +0100
From:   James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bug.h: Work around GCC PR82365 in BUG()

On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 09:30:56AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 12:48 AM, James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Before I forward port those patches to add .insn for MIPS, is that sort
> > of approach (an arch specific asm/compiler-gcc.h to allow MIPS to
> > override barrier_before_unreachable()) an acceptable fix?
> 
> That sounds fine to me. However, I would suggest making that
> asm/compiler.h instead of asm/compiler-gcc.h, so we can also
> use the same file to include workarounds for clang if needed.

Yes, though there are a few asm/compiler.h's already, and the alpha one
includes linux/compiler.h before undefining inline, so seems to have its
own specific purpose...

Cheers
James

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