--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-2.6.23/include/asm-mips/system.h
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.23.orig/include/asm-mips/system.h 2007-10-10 04:31:38.000000000 +0800
++++ linux-2.6.23/include/asm-mips/system.h 2007-10-10 13:52:24.000000000 +0800
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
+ 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: