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Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:47:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc: mark __arch_xchg() as __always_inline
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To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
        Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>,
        Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>,
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        Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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From:   "Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)" 
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On 28.06.23 17:51, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 11:49:18AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>
>> An otherwise correct change to the atomic operations uncovered an
>> existing bug in the sparc __arch_xchg() function, which is calls
>> __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer() when its arguments are unknown at
>> compile time:
>>
>> ERROR: modpost: "__xchg_called_with_bad_pointer" [lib/atomic64_test.ko] undefined!
>>
>> This now happens because gcc determines that it's better to not inline the
>> function. Avoid this by just marking the function as __always_inline
>> to force the compiler to do the right thing here.
>>
>> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c525adc9-6623-4660-8718-e0c9311563b8@roeck-us.net/
>> Fixes: d12157efc8e08 ("locking/atomic: make atomic*_{cmp,}xchg optional")
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> 
> I assume you will find a way to apply the patch.

Hmmm, looks to me like this patch is sitting here for two weeks now
without having made any progress. From a quick search on lore it also
looks like Dave is not very active currently. Hence:

Arnd, is that maybe something that is worth sending straight to Linus?

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
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