MIPS: cmpxchg: Use __compiletime_error() for bad cmpxchg() pointers
Our cmpxchg() implementation relies upon generating a call to a function which doesn't really exist (__cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer) to create a link failure in cases where cmpxchg() is called with a pointer to a value of an unsupported size. The __compiletime_error macro can be used to decorate a function such that a call to it generates a compile-time, rather than a link-time, error. This patch uses __compiletime_error to cause bad cmpxchg() calls to error out at compile time rather than link time, allowing errors to occur more quickly & making it easier to spot where the problem comes from. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/16350/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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@@ -137,10 +137,17 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int siz
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* This function doesn't exist, so you'll get a linker error
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* This function doesn't exist, so if it is called you'll either:
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* if something tries to do an invalid cmpxchg().
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extern void __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);
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extern void __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void)
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__compiletime_error("Bad argument size for cmpxchg");
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#define __cmpxchg(ptr, old, new, pre_barrier, post_barrier) \
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#define __cmpxchg(ptr, old, new, pre_barrier, post_barrier) \
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