--- linux-2.6.15.1.old/include/asm-mips/system.h 2006-01-28 15:02:54.481032280 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.15.1.dev/include/asm-mips/system.h 2006-01-28 14:47:51.634285848 +0100 @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ 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: