Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932646AbXHaKkE (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:40:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757522AbXHaKjy (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:39:54 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:57018 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757277AbXHaKjx (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:39:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:03:51 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Andrew Morton , Jan Dittmer , Michal Piotrowski , Linus Torvalds , LKML , linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [1/4] 2.6.23-rc4: known regressions Message-ID: <20070831080351.GD9260@stusta.de> References: <46D5902C.1040905@googlemail.com> <46D5B544.4030708@l4x.org> <20070829234734.GA26410@stusta.de> <46D66D49.20300@l4x.org> <46D7108D.9090104@l4x.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1069 Lines: 30 On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:48:45AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > Here is the fix for alpha: > > >From clameter@sgi.com Thu Aug 30 14:13:57 2007 > Subject: SLUB: Force inlining for functions in slub_def.h > > Some compilers (especially older gcc releases) may skip inlining sometimes > which will lead to link failures. Force the inlining of keyfunctions in > slub_def.h to avoid these issues. >... This also explains why it's an Alpha-only problem - the Alpha port pretty much diverges from the rest of the kernel regarding "inline" semantics and usage... cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/