Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, next try

[Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 07:31:40PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > There's also the one in init/main.c which is used by multiple
> > architectures. On x86 at least, the call to arch_call_rest_init at the
> > end of start_kernel does not get tail-call optimized by gcc-10, but I
> > don't see anything that actually prevents that from happening. We should
> > add the asm("") there as well I think, unless the compiler guys see
> > something about this function that will always prevent the optimization?
> 
> Hmm, that's what I was afraid of - having to sprinkle this around. Yah, let's
> wait for compiler guys to have a look here and then maybe I'll convert that
> thing to a macro called
> 
> 	compiler_prevent_tail_call_opt()
> 
> or so, so that it can be sprinkled around. ;-\

That is a lot more typing then
	asm("");
but more seriously, you probably should explain why you do not want a
tail call *anyway*, and in such a comment you can say that is what the
asm is for.

I don't see anything that prevents the tailcall in current code either,
fwiw.


Segher