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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-05-05 21:46:20 +0200
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2017-11-11 13:33:41 +0000
commit987b13a4f0a5f92909ec2eeba885e5abe67abef8 (patch)
tree5ebd96b4868845d376429a00f456ccb77c04895f /scripts/mod
parent574a87e2b44301d56b0ade6740e91448e12d4bf8 (diff)
Disable "frame-address" warning
commit 124a3d88fa20e1869fc229d7d8c740cc81944264 upstream. Newer versions of gcc warn about the use of __builtin_return_address() with a non-zero argument when "-Wall" is specified: kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c: In function ‘stop_critical_timings’: kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:433:86: warning: calling ‘__builtin_return_address’ with a nonzero argument is unsafe [-Wframe-address] stop_critical_timing(CALLER_ADDR0, CALLER_ADDR1); [ .. repeats a few times for other similar cases .. ] It is true that a non-zero argument is somewhat dangerous, and we do not actually have very many uses of that in the kernel - but the ftrace code does use it, and as Stephen Rostedt says: "We are well aware of the danger of using __builtin_return_address() of > 0. In fact that's part of the reason for having the "thunk" code in x86 (See arch/x86/entry/thunk_{64,32}.S). [..] it adds extra frames when tracking irqs off sections, to prevent __builtin_return_address() from accessing bad areas. In fact the thunk_32.S states: 'Trampoline to trace irqs off. (otherwise CALLER_ADDR1 might crash)'." For now, __builtin_return_address() with a non-zero argument is the best we can do, and the warning is not helpful and can end up making people miss other warnings for real problems. So disable the frame-address warning on compilers that need it. Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
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