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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:04:03 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>,
	xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	Stephen Tweedie <sct@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 00 of 36] x86/paravirt: groundwork for
 64-bit Xen support

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> this problem still reproduces.
>
> i've pushed out all fixes into tip/x86/xen-64bit. That branch combined 
> with the config above still reproduces the build failure above.
>   

Subject: x86_64: fix non-paravirt compilation

Make sure SWAPGS and PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME are properly
defined when CONFIG_PARAVIRT is off.

Fixes Ingo's build failure:
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1201: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1205: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1209: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S:1213: Error: invalid character '_' in mnemonic

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 include/asm-x86/irqflags.h  |   22 +++++++++++++---------
 include/asm-x86/processor.h |    3 ---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/include/asm-x86/irqflags.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/irqflags.h
@@ -167,7 +167,20 @@
 #define INTERRUPT_RETURN_NMI_SAFE	NATIVE_INTERRUPT_RETURN_NMI_SAFE
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+#define SWAPGS	swapgs
+/*
+ * Currently paravirt can't handle swapgs nicely when we
+ * don't have a stack we can rely on (such as a user space
+ * stack).  So we either find a way around these or just fault
+ * and emulate if a guest tries to call swapgs directly.
+ *
+ * Either way, this is a good way to document that we don't
+ * have a reliable stack. x86_64 only.
+ */
 #define SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK	swapgs
+
+#define PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME	/*  */
+
 #define INTERRUPT_RETURN	iretq
 #define USERGS_SYSRET64				\
 	swapgs;					\
@@ -233,15 +246,6 @@
 #else
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-/*
- * Currently paravirt can't handle swapgs nicely when we
- * don't have a stack we can rely on (such as a user space
- * stack).  So we either find a way around these or just fault
- * and emulate if a guest tries to call swapgs directly.
- *
- * Either way, this is a good way to document that we don't
- * have a reliable stack. x86_64 only.
- */
 #define ARCH_LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT		call lockdep_sys_exit_thunk
 #define ARCH_LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ	\
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON; \
===================================================================
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -541,9 +541,6 @@
 }
 
 #define set_iopl_mask native_set_iopl_mask
-#define SWAPGS	swapgs
-
-#define PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME	/*  */
 #endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT */
 
 /*



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