* Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 09:42:20PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >  
> > > > +static void force_sig_info_fault(int si_signo, int si_code,
> > > > +                                unsigned long address, struct 
> > > > task_struct *tsk)
> > > 
> > > This won't work with a unit-at-a-time compiler which happily inlines 
> > > everything static with only a single caller. Use noinline
> > 
> > this function has two callers.
> 
> Even then it's still better to mark it noinline, otherwise a different 
> inlining algorithm in a new compiler might do the wrong thing.  It's 
> also useful documentation.

ok, agreed. Delta patch below.

        Ingo

----
make force_sig_info_fault() noinline, suggested by Andi Kleen.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

--- linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c.orig
+++ linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ static inline int is_prefetch(struct pt_
        return 0;
 } 
 
-static void force_sig_info_fault(int si_signo, int si_code,
-                                unsigned long address, struct task_struct *tsk)
+static noinline void force_sig_info_fault(int si_signo, int si_code,
+       unsigned long address, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
        siginfo_t info;
 
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