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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Dittmer <jdi@l4x.org>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [1/4] 2.6.23-rc4: known regressions
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:03:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070831080351.GD9260@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708310043250.14694@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com>

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

-- 

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  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-31 10:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-29 15:26 [1/4] 2.6.23-rc4: known regressions Michal Piotrowski
2007-08-29 18:04 ` Jan Dittmer
2007-08-29 23:29   ` [2.6.23 patch] xtensa process.c must #include <linux/fs.h> Adrian Bunk
2007-08-29 23:47   ` [1/4] 2.6.23-rc4: known regressions Adrian Bunk
2007-08-30  0:11     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-08-30  0:39     ` Christoph Lameter
2007-08-30  7:10       ` Jan Dittmer
2007-08-30 18:12         ` Christoph Lameter
2007-08-30 18:46           ` Jan Dittmer
2007-08-31  7:48             ` Christoph Lameter
2007-08-31  8:03               ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-08-29 19:07 ` Jeff Chua

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