linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/mm: declare check_la57

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Date:   Sun, 28 Oct 2018 14:09:11 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
Cc:     yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, michal.lkml@...kovi.net,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org, robin.murphy@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/mm: declare check_la57_support() as inline

On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 13:09:42 +0000
Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com> wrote:

> The level4_kernel_pgt is only defined when X86_5LEVEL is enabled.
> So declare check_la57_support() as inline to make sure the code
> referring to level4_kernel_pgt is optimized out. This is a preparation
> for CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_DEBUGGING.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve

> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> index 5dc377dc9d7b..5ae682f2aa83 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
>  	return true;
>  }
>  #else
> -static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
> +static inline bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
>  {
>  	return false;
>  }