linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] arch/sparc: Define config parameter CPU_BIG

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2017 09:37:42 -0500
From:   Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        shannon.nelson@...cle.com, haakon.bugge@...cle.com,
        steven.sistare@...cle.com, vijay.ac.kumar@...cle.com,
        jane.chu@...cle.com, sparclinux <sparclinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] arch/sparc: Define config parameter CPU_BIG_ENDIAN


On 5/24/2017 4:48 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com> wrote:
>> Found this problem while enabling queued rwlock on SPARC.
>> The parameter CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN is used to clear the
>> specific byte in qrwlock structure. Without this parameter,
>> we clear the wrong byte. Here is the code.
>>
>> static inline u8 *__qrwlock_write_byte(struct qrwlock *lock)
>>   {
>>          return (u8 *)lock + 3 * IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN);
>>   }
>>
>> Define CPU_BIG_ENDIAN for SPARC to fix it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@...cle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Vijay Kumar <vijay.ac.kumar@...cle.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/sparc/Kconfig |    4 ++++
>>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
>> index 908f019..2f58c16 100644
>> --- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
>> @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
>>   config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
>>          def_bool y
>>
>> +config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>> +       bool
>> +       default y if SPARC
> def_bool y?

Ok.  Sure.  Will change it. Thanks

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
>
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