On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 12:48:45AM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Here is the fix for alpha:
>
> >From clameter@xxxxxxx 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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