linux-kernel - [patch] inlining: do not allow gcc below version 4 to optimize inlining

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Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:15:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [patch] inlining: do not allow gcc below version 4 to optimize
	inlining


fix the condition to match intention: always use the old inlining 
behavior on all gcc versions below 4.

this should solve the UML build problem.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-x86.q/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
===================================================================
--- linux-x86.q.orig/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ linux-x86.q/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
   BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(a), typeof(&a[0])))
 
 /*
- * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config:
+ * Force always-inline if the user requests it so via the .config,
+ * or if gcc is too old:
  */
 #if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPTIMIZED_INLINING) || \
-    !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) && (__GNUC__ >= 4)
+    !defined(CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING) || (__GNUC__ < 4)
 # define inline		inline		__attribute__((always_inline))
 # define __inline__	__inline__	__attribute__((always_inline))
 # define __inline	__inline	__attribute__((always_inline))
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