Re: [PATCH] alpha: fix percpu build breakage

[Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 09:49:56AM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> alpha percpu access requires custom SHIFT_PERCPU_PTR() definition for
> modules to work around addressing range limitation.  This is done via
> generating inline assembly using C preprocessing which forces the
> assembler to generate external reference.  This happens behind the
> compiler's back and makes the compiler think that static percpu
> variables in modules are unused.
> 
> This used to be worked around by using __unused attribute for percpu
> variables which prevent the compiler from omitting the variable;
> however, recent declare/definition attribute unification change broke
> this as __used can't be used for declaration.  Also, in the process,
> PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES definition in alpha percpu.h got broken.
> 
> This patch adds PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES which is only used for
> definitions and make alpha use it to add __used for percpu variables
> in modules.  This also fixes the PER_CPU_ATTRIBUTES double definition
> bug.

Thanks! I was going to suggest similar patch, but you've beaten
me to it ;-)

> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>

As for upcoming percpu patchset, can we similarly move the __weak attribute
to PER_CPU_DEF_ATTRIBUTES? I don't feel really comfortable with an
"extern __weak" combination - it may not work with future compilers...

Ivan.