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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2020-05-25 15:10:37 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2020-05-25 15:10:37 +0200
commita5d8e55b2c7d3d18d7837af0ef8d1477eeeb919c (patch)
treefe07d3af2f6f13d005da832fe3d18d5d257fb9bd /include/linux/compiler.h
parent4da0b2b7e67524cc206067865666899bc02e1cb0 (diff)
parent9cb1fd0efd195590b828b9b865421ad345a4a145 (diff)
Merge tag 'v5.7-rc7' into efi/core, to refresh the branch and pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 034b0a644efc..448c91bf543b 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -356,4 +356,10 @@ static inline void *offset_to_ptr(const int *off)
/* &a[0] degrades to a pointer: a different type from an array */
#define __must_be_array(a) BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
+/*
+ * This is needed in functions which generate the stack canary, see
+ * arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c::start_secondary() for an example.
+ */
+#define prevent_tail_call_optimization() mb()
+
#endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */