From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C79C04AAB for ; Mon, 6 May 2019 14:52:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBC792053B for ; Mon, 6 May 2019 14:52:13 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org DBC792053B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44yQgZ73vSzDqLh for ; Tue, 7 May 2019 00:52:10 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=permerror (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=kernel.crashing.org (client-ip=63.228.1.57; helo=gate.crashing.org; envelope-from=segher@kernel.crashing.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.crashing.org Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44yQc24gzbzDqGg for ; Tue, 7 May 2019 00:49:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from gate.crashing.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id x46EmgOD026749; Mon, 6 May 2019 09:48:42 -0500 Received: (from segher@localhost) by gate.crashing.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id x46Emeop026748; Mon, 6 May 2019 09:48:40 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: gate.crashing.org: segher set sender to segher@kernel.crashing.org using -f Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 09:48:40 -0500 From: Segher Boessenkool To: Rasmus Villemoes Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] implement DYNAMIC_DEBUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS Message-ID: <20190506144840.GZ8599@gate.crashing.org> References: <20190409212517.7321-1-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <1afb0702-3cc5-ba4f-2bdd-604d9da2b846@rasmusvillemoes.dk> <20190506070544.GA66463@gmail.com> <25dfde77-fdad-0b99-75ec-4ba480058970@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25dfde77-fdad-0b99-75ec-4ba480058970@rasmusvillemoes.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Arnd Bergmann , Nick Desaulniers , x86@kernel.org, Will Deacon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Nathan Chancellor , Jason Baron , Ingo Molnar , Andy Lutomirski , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Ingo Molnar , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 09:34:55AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote: > I _am_ bending the C rules a bit with the "extern some_var; asm > volatile(".section some_section\nsome_var: blabla");". I should probably > ask on the gcc list whether this way of defining a local symbol in > inline assembly and referring to it from C is supposed to work, or it > just happens to work by chance. It only works by chance. There is no way GCC can know the asm needs that variable. If you make it (or its address) an input of the asm it should work as far as I can see? (Need exact code to analyse it exactly). Segher