1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/system.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/system.h
index fcf5f98d90c..83b5509e09e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/system.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_SYSTEM_H
 #define _ASM_SYSTEM_H
 
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
@@ -193,10 +194,6 @@ extern __u64 __xchg_u64_unsupported_on_32bit_kernels(volatile __u64 * m, __u64 v
 #define __xchg_u64 __xchg_u64_unsupported_on_32bit_kernels
 #endif
 
-/* This function doesn't exist, so you'll get a linker error
-   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)
 {
         switch (size) {
@@ -205,11 +202,17 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int siz
         case 8:
                 return __xchg_u64(ptr, x);
         }
-        __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
+
         return x;
 }
 
-#define xchg(ptr, x) ((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__xchg((unsigned long)(x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr))))
+#define xchg(ptr, x)                                                    \
+({                                                                      \
+        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*(ptr)) & ~0xc);                            \
+                                                                        \
+        ((__typeof__(*(ptr)))                                           \
+                __xchg((unsigned long)(x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr))));     \
+})
 
 extern void set_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long len);
 extern void set_uncached_handler(unsigned long offset, void *addr, unsigned long len);