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Use asm_inline to let the compiler know that the get_lowcore() inline assembly has the smallest possible size. The ALTERNATIVE construct is used to generate a single instruction, however the macro expands to multiple lines. GCC uses the number of lines of an inline assembly to count the number of instructions within an inline assembly, which then has an effect on inlining decisions. In order to avoid incorrect assumptions use asm_inline. The result is that more functions are inlined, which results in a small growth of the kernel image: add/remove: 59/480 grow/shrink: 854/647 up/down: 168780/-162394 (6386) Reviewed-by: Juergen Christ <jchrist@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.