From: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
To: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] ARM: cmpxchg: always inline __arch_xchg() and __cmpxchg()
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 07:37:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008053746.49631-2-kmehltretter@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008053746.49631-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com>
__arch_xchg(), __cmpxchg() and __cmpxchg_local() end in a default case
that calls an undefined function. That turns an unsupported size into a
link error. It relies on the functions being inlined, so that the
compiler can drop the default case for a constant size.
They are only marked inline. gcc 8.1.0 with CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE does
not inline them in rust/helpers/helpers.c, which calls xchg() and
cmpxchg() from many small helpers. The out-of-line copies keep the
default case and the link fails.
helpers.c:(.text+0x424): undefined reference to `__bad_xchg'
helpers.c:(.text+0x4ac): undefined reference to `__bad_cmpxchg'
Seen with bcm2835_defconfig and CONFIG_RUST=y on v7.3-rc1. The same
config links with CONFIG_RUST=n. It also links with gcc 15.2.0 and
with clang.
v6.19 links. Commit ab717dd98bee ("rust: helpers: Add i8/i16 atomic
xchg_acquire helpers") in v7.0 triggers __bad_xchg. Commit
ac8f06ade38a ("rust: sync: atomic: Add Atomic<*{mut,const} T> support")
in v7.1 also triggers __bad_cmpxchg.
Mark the functions __always_inline.
Fixes: ab717dd98bee ("rust: helpers: Add i8/i16 atomic xchg_acquire helpers")
Fixes: ac8f06ade38a ("rust: sync: atomic: Add Atomic<*{mut,const} T> support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 9beb64d30586..0ce5225af442 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
#define swp_is_buggy
#endif
-static inline unsigned long
+static __always_inline unsigned long
__arch_xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size)
{
extern void __bad_xchg(volatile void *, int);
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ extern void __bad_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, int size);
* cmpxchg only support 32-bits operands on ARMv6.
*/
-static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
- unsigned long new, int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long
+__cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new, int size)
{
unsigned long oldval, res;
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
sizeof(*(ptr))); \
})
-static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr,
- unsigned long old,
- unsigned long new, int size)
+static __always_inline unsigned long
+__cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new,
+ int size)
{
unsigned long ret;
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 5:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 5:37 [PATCH v2 0/6] ARM: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv4T, ARMv5TE and ARMv6K Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 5:37 ` Karl Mehltretter [this message]
2026-10-08 9:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] ARM: cmpxchg: always inline __arch_xchg() and __cmpxchg() Gary Guo
2026-10-09 1:17 ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 15:20 ` Bradley Morgan
2026-10-09 9:50 ` Gary Guo
2026-10-08 5:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] ARM: cmpxchg: support 2-byte xchg() on pre-ARMv6 CPUs Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 5:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] ARM: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv6K-only kernels Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 5:37 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] ARM: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv5TE Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 5:37 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] ARM: rust: Enable Rust support for ARMv4T Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 9:08 ` Gary Guo
2026-10-09 1:21 ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-10-08 5:37 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] ARM: rust: Build Rust code for ARMv7 on ARMv7 kernels Karl Mehltretter
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