netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: skb: prevent the split of kfree_skb

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Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:20:14 +0800
From:   Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@...il.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, ndesaulniers@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        asml.silence@...il.com, imagedong@...cent.com,
        luiz.von.dentz@...el.com, vasily.averin@...ux.dev,
        jk@...econstruct.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: skb: prevent the split of
 kfree_skb_reason() by gcc

Hello,

On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:50 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:50 AM <menglong8.dong@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> >  #define __noreturn                      __attribute__((__noreturn__))
> >
> > +#define __nofnsplit                     __attribute__((__optimize__("O1")))
>
> This is still in the wrong place...
>
> Also, from what the bot says, Clang does not support it. I took a
> look, and that seems to be the case. ICC doesn't, either. Thus you
> would need to guard it and also add the docs as needed, like the other
> attributes.
>
> (Not saying that solving the issue with the attribute is a good idea,
> but if you really wanted to add one, it should be done properly)
>

I have dug it deeper, and found that this function-split optimization
is only used by GCC. Therefore, I think I need only to consider it
for GCC.

I'll send a V3, thanks~

Menglong Dong

> Cheers,
> Miguel