After commit e8bb4755eea2("KVM: selftests: Split ucall.c into architecture specific files") selftests which use ucall on x86 started segfaulting and apparently it's gcc to blame: it "optimizes" ucall() function throwing away va_start/va_end part because it thinks the structure is not being used. Previously, it couldn't do that because the there was also MMIO version and the decision which particular implementation to use was done at runtime. With older gccs it's possible to solve the problem by adding 'volatile' to 'struct ucall' but at least with gcc-8.3 this trick doesn't work. 'memory' clobber seems to do the job. Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel ============ 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 Restructured Text 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.
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