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Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Allow compile with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y, X86_PAE not

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Allow compile with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y, X86_PAE not set on gcc 3.4.5
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:13:31 +0300
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On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 08:21:41AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y is why I never hit it before.
>>
>> It does not seem to be just one dodgy Redhat compiler (as I assumed in  
>> the Bugzilla entry) but the whole 3.4 series of gcc which makes our  
>> resolution of saying that this specific compiler is broken invalid.
>>
>> Considering that we officially support all compilers >= 3.2 this is 
>> just one more case where we have to add to the kernel a workaround for 
>> a broken compiler.
>>   
>
> Yes.  I'm happy to write off a specific rpm package, but a whole series  
> is a different matter.
>
> Adding
>
>       if (PREALLOCATED_PMDS == 0)
>               return;
>
> in the appropriate places with a small comment seems like the right answer.

The patch below you suggested fixes it for me with gcc 3.4.6.

>    J

cu
Adrian


--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ static void pgd_prepopulate_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t 
*pgd, pmd_t *pmds[])
 
        pud = pud_offset(pgd, 0);
 
+       if (PREALLOCATED_PMDS == 0)
+               return;
+
        for (addr = i = 0; i < PREALLOCATED_PMDS;
             i++, pud++, addr += PUD_SIZE) {
                pmd_t *pmd = pmds[i];

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