Re: [PATCH 3/3] arm64: Ask the compiler to __always_inline functions used by KVM at HYP

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 04:58:39PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> KVM uses some of the static-inline helpers like icache_is_vipt() from
> its HYP code. This assumes the function is inlined so that the code is
> mapped to EL2. The compiler may decide not to inline these, and the
> out-of-line version may not be in the __hyp_text section.
> 
> Add the additional __always_ hint to these static-inlines that are used
> by KVM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cache.h      | 2 +-
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 2 +-
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 8 ++++----
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h         | 4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

It's the right thing to do, but if this stuff keeps trickling in then
we should make CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING depend on !ARM64 because seeing
"__always_inline" tells you nothing about /why/ it needs to be there and
it's hard to know if/when you can remove those annotations in future.

Will
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