When CONFIG_GCOV is enabled, gcc decides to put context_switch() out-of-line, which is inconsistent with its normal behavior.
It also causes an objtool warning because __schedule() no longer inlines context_switch(), so the "STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD(__schedule)" statement loses its effect. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 641043d..bb0daab 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -2763,7 +2763,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev) /* * context_switch - switch to the new MM and the new thread's register state. */ -static inline struct rq * +static __always_inline struct rq * context_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct task_struct *next) { -- 2.4.3