Re: [Alternative][PATCH] ACPI / PCI: Set root bridge ACPI handle in advance

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On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 12:41:05 PM Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Do you have a reference for this?  I think this might have been true
> >> in the past, but I don't think it's true for any version of gcc we
> >> support for building Linux.
> >
> > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0804.3/3600.html
> 
> the problem is already addressed by:
> 
> | commit f9d14250071eda9972e4c9cea745a11185952114
> | Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Date:   Fri Jan 2 09:29:43 2009 -0800
> |
> |    Disallow gcc versions 4.1.{0,1}
> |
> |    These compiler versions are known to miscompile __weak functions and
> |    thus generate kernels that don't necessarily work correctly.  If a weak
> |    function is int he same compilation unit as a caller, gcc may end up
> |    inlining it, and thus binding the weak function too early.
> |
> |    See
> |
> |        http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27781
> |
> |    for details.
> 
> so it is ok to put the __weak in the same file now.

Cool, thanks for checking and for the ACK!

Rafael


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