From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:32:28 -0800 (PST)
> Of course, the really right thing would be to chase down what goes
> wrong with -Os.
It turns out to be a sparc64 bug, technically, in my case.
What happens is that with -Os gcc _INLINES_ schedule() into
wait_for_completion(). No that's not a typo, when optimizing
for space it inlines a huge function like schedule() whereas
without -Os it does not. :-/
Anyways, switch_to() in sparc64 (and sparc) does not work properly
when this happens. schedule() needs to execute in it's own stack
frame for the stack switching in switch_to() to work.
Would anyone be against adding "noinline" to kernel/sched.c:schedule()?
I'm about to test that, but I'm extremely positive that it makes the
problem go away.
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