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    MIPS: End asm function prologue macros with .insn · 08889582
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    When building a kernel targeting a microMIPS ISA, recent GNU linkers
    will fail the link if they cannot determine that the target of a branch
    or jump is microMIPS code, with errors such as the following:
    
        mips-img-linux-gnu-ld: arch/mips/built-in.o: .text+0x542c:
        Unsupported jump between ISA modes; consider recompiling with
        interlinking enabled.
        mips-img-linux-gnu-ld: final link failed: Bad value
    
    or:
    
        ./arch/mips/include/asm/uaccess.h:1017: warning: JALX to a
        non-word-aligned address
    
    Placing anything other than an instruction at the start of a function
    written in assembly appears to trigger such errors. In order to prepare
    for allowing us to follow function prologue macros with an EXPORT_SYMBOL
    invocation, end the prologue macros (LEAD, NESTED & FEXPORT) with a
    .insn directive. This ensures that the start of the function is marked
    as code, which always makes sense for functions & safely prevents us
    from hitting the link errors described above.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
    Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
    Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14508/Signed-off-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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