linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: 1ea0704e (ptep_modify_prot transaction abstraction) breaks no-mmu

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:21 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: 1ea0704e (ptep_modify_prot transaction
	abstraction) breaks no-mmu

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 08:53:52AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> the functions added to asm-generic/pgtable.h are only used by
>> mm/mprotect.c (a MMU-only file), but they were not added inside of the
>> CONFIG_MMU ifdef block.  since the functions rely on things inside of
>> CONFIG_MMU (the lines just above in pgtable.h), we get build failure
>> on all no-mmu setups:
>>   CC      init/main.o
>> In file included from include/asm/pgtable.h:94,
>>                  from include/linux/mm.h:39,
>>                  from include/asm/dma.h:39,
>>                  from include/linux/bootmem.h:8,
>>                  from init/main.c:27:
>> include/asm-generic/pgtable.h: In function '__ptep_modify_prot_start':
>> include/asm-generic/pgtable.h:210: error: implicit declaration of
>> function 'ptep_get_and_clear'
>> include/asm-generic/pgtable.h:210: error: incompatible types in return
>> make[1]: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
>> make: *** [init/main.o] Error 2
>> -mike
>>   
>
> Uh, OK.  What does mprotect do on a nommu system?  Would it be  
> sufficient to move the definitions of __ptep_modify_prot_start/commit  
> out of a CONFIG_MMU block, or provide separate no-op versions?

FYI:
The compile error now moved into Linus' tree, and broke at least the 
blackfin and m68knommu ports.

>    J

cu
Adrian

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