From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] tools/memory-model: Remove (dep ; rfi) from ppo Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 09:26:08 -0800 Message-ID: <20190306172608.GF13351@linux.ibm.com> References: <20190226104551.GF32534@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190226112133.GG32534@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190226112521.GH32534@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190226113008.GI32534@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190226113813.GA14753@zn.tnic> <20190226134906.GG32494@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190226142845.GK4072@linux.ibm.com> <20190226150450.GW32477@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20190306165831.GZ32477@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190306165831.GZ32477@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Akira Yokosawa , Borislav Petkov , Andrea Parri , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Alan Stern , Will Deacon , Boqun Feng , Nicholas Piggin , David Howells , Jade Alglave , Luc Maranget , Daniel Lustig List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 05:58:31PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 12:46:05AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote: > > So, I'm looking at the macro RELOC_HIDE() defined in include/linux/compiler-gcc.h. > > > Am I the only one who was not aware of this gcc-specific macro? > > It's one I regularly see, but had forgotten about in this context. > > However; you can also fix things by adding asm volatile ("":::"memory"); > in places. > > But that's not really the point; I would really rather have a cmdline > knob to fix things. That way we can compile the kernel with and without > and look for differences. -fno-unicorns or something :-) > > While I understand some compiler people revel in UB and love to make > unicorns happen, I think in this case the produces result is utterly > insane. Because I couldn't resist... https://raphlinus.github.io/assets/Anything_is_Possible_scaled.jpg Thanx, Paul