# git rev-parse -q --verify 2974d421aac1374d3269fe4f1fba2068aa33134d^{commit} 2974d421aac1374d3269fe4f1fba2068aa33134d already have revision, skipping fetch # git checkout -q -f -B kisskb 2974d421aac1374d3269fe4f1fba2068aa33134d # git clean -qxdf # < git log -1 # commit 2974d421aac1374d3269fe4f1fba2068aa33134d # Author: Christophe Leroy # Date: Fri Sep 17 15:57:31 2021 +0200 # # powerpc/32: Don't use a struct based type for pte_t # # Long time ago we had a config item called STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS # to build the kernel with pte_t defined as a structure in order # to perform additional build checks or build it with pte_t # defined as a simple type in order to get simpler generated code. # # Commit 670eea924198 ("powerpc/mm: Always use STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS") # made the struct based definition the only one, considering that the # generated code was similar in both cases. # # That's right on ppc64 because the ABI is such that the content of a # struct having a single simple type element is passed as register, # but on ppc32 such a structure is passed via the stack like any # structure. # # Simple test function: # # pte_t test(pte_t pte) # { # return pte; # } # # Before this patch we get # # c00108ec : # c00108ec: 81 24 00 00 lwz r9,0(r4) # c00108f0: 91 23 00 00 stw r9,0(r3) # c00108f4: 4e 80 00 20 blr # # So, for PPC32, restore the simple type behaviour we got before # commit 670eea924198, but instead of adding a config option to # activate type check, do it when __CHECKER__ is set so that type # checking is performed by 'sparse' and provides feedback like: # # arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:466:16: warning: incorrect type in return expression (different base types) # arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:466:16: expected unsigned long # arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:466:16: got struct pte_t [usertype] x # # With this patch we now get # # c0010890 : # c0010890: 4e 80 00 20 blr # # Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy # [mpe: Define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS rather than repeating the condition] # Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman # Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c904599f33aaf6bb7ee2836a9ff8368509e0d78d.1631887042.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu # < /opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux-gcc --version # < /opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux-ld --version # < git log --format=%s --max-count=1 2974d421aac1374d3269fe4f1fba2068aa33134d # < make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm64 O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_arm64-defconfig_arm64-gcc5.4 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux- defconfig # < make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm64 O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_arm64-defconfig_arm64-gcc5.4 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux- help # make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm64 O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_arm64-defconfig_arm64-gcc5.4 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux- olddefconfig # make -s -j 48 ARCH=arm64 O=/kisskb/build/powerpc-next_arm64-defconfig_arm64-gcc5.4 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/br-aarch64-glibc-2016.08-613-ge98b4dd/bin/aarch64-linux- /kisskb/src/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes/arm/bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dts:220.10-231.4: Warning (pci_device_reg): /scb/pcie@7d500000/pci@1,0: PCI unit address format error, expected "0,0" /kisskb/src/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes/arm/bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dts:220.10-231.4: Warning (pci_device_reg): /scb/pcie@7d500000/pci@1,0: PCI unit address format error, expected "0,0" /kisskb/src/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi:464.3-52: Warning (pci_device_reg): /pcie@f8000000/pcie@0,0:reg: PCI reg address is not configuration space /kisskb/src/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi:464.3-52: Warning (pci_device_reg): /pcie@f8000000/pcie@0,0:reg: PCI reg address is not configuration space /kisskb/src/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi:464.3-52: Warning (pci_device_reg): /pcie@f8000000/pcie@0,0:reg: PCI reg address is not configuration space /kisskb/src/arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-gru.dtsi:464.3-52: Warning (pci_device_reg): /pcie@f8000000/pcie@0,0:reg: PCI reg address is not configuration space warning: ld does not support --fix-cortex-a53-843419; kernel may be susceptible to erratum warning: LSE atomics not supported by binutils /kisskb/src/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile:58: FORCE prerequisite is missing Completed OK # rm -rf /kisskb/build/powerpc-next_arm64-defconfig_arm64-gcc5.4 # Build took: 0:05:50.839103