Index: linux-2.6.21.7/include/asm-mips/system.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21.7.orig/include/asm-mips/system.h +++ linux-2.6.21.7/include/asm-mips/system.h @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ extern __u64 __xchg_u64_unsupported_on_3 if something tries to do an invalid xchg(). */ extern void __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void); -static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int size) +static __always_inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int size) { switch (size) { case 4: