From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit a7ef9ba986b5fae9d80f8a7b31db0423687efe4e ] Prevent the compiler from uninlining and creating traceable/probable functions as this is invoked _after_ context tracking switched to CONTEXT_USER and rcu idle. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200505134340.902709267@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index 4af16acc001a3..204a5ce65afda 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_idle_clear); * combination with microcode which triggers a CPU buffer flush when the * instruction is executed. */ -static inline void mds_clear_cpu_buffers(void) +static __always_inline void mds_clear_cpu_buffers(void) { static const u16 ds = __KERNEL_DS; @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static inline void mds_clear_cpu_buffers(void) * * Clear CPU buffers if the corresponding static key is enabled */ -static inline void mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers(void) +static __always_inline void mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers(void) { if (static_branch_likely(&mds_user_clear)) mds_clear_cpu_buffers(); -- 2.25.1