From 5707bf6bcecd85d01ea22e8b28cf66170068475f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralf Baechle Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:01:59 +0100 Subject: MIPS: Document why RELOC_HIDE is there. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle --- arch/mips/include/asm/page.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/mips/include') diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h index a16beafcea91..e59cd1ac09c2 100644 --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/page.h @@ -150,6 +150,20 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long pgprot; } pgprot_t; ((unsigned long)(x) - PAGE_OFFSET + PHYS_OFFSET) #endif #define __va(x) ((void *)((unsigned long)(x) + PAGE_OFFSET - PHYS_OFFSET)) + +/* + * RELOC_HIDE was originally added by 6007b903dfe5f1d13e0c711ac2894bdd4a61b1ad + * (lmo) rsp. 8431fd094d625b94d364fe393076ccef88e6ce18 (kernel.org). The + * discussion can be found in lkml posting + * which is + * archived at http://lists.linuxcoding.com/kernel/2006-q3/msg17360.html + * + * It is unclear if the misscompilations mentioned in + * http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/8/138 also affect MIPS so we keep this one + * until GCC 3.x has been retired before we can apply + * https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1541/ + */ + #define __pa_symbol(x) __pa(RELOC_HIDE((unsigned long)(x), 0)) #define pfn_to_kaddr(pfn) __va((pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT) -- cgit v1.2.3