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authorTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2020-06-08 20:14:49 +0300
committerTony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>2020-06-08 20:14:49 +0300
commit4263eb6880df8383fff0efb872278a99eb6142c8 (patch)
tree67ab9bf228e4f5f341f9408e055180932b39fe06 /include/linux/compiler.h
parent636338d7968e47c7f2e0b772a2a825ad932883fb (diff)
parent8e326a8bdef3fb42b92bf2742e8405d9b9209367 (diff)
downloadlinux-4263eb6880df8383fff0efb872278a99eb6142c8.tar.xz
Merge branch 'fixes-v5.7' into fixes
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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 */