linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/kernel

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Date:   Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:38:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:     albert@...ive.com
Subject:     Re: [PATCH 6/7] RISC-V: arch/riscv/kernel

On Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:03:51 PDT (-0700), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 6:56 AM, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 25 May 2017 12:51:54 PDT (-0700), Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:59 AM, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 22 May 2017 19:11:35 PDT (-0700), olof@...om.net wrote:
>>>
>>>>  * Definitions like ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES, these are also present in
>>>>    other architectures.
>>>
>>> What is the warning here? I would assume that you should leave this
>>> unchanged as well.
>>
>> ERROR: #define of 'ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES' is wrong - use Kconfig variables or standard guards instead
>> #2533: FILE: arch/riscv/include/asm/elf.h:79:
>> +#define ARCH_HAS_SETUP_ADDITIONAL_PAGES
>
> Ok, you can definitely ignore this one. The warning is meant to prevent adding
> new macros like that, but the macro already exists in the other architectures,
> and I see no point in converting them all into a CONFIG_ symbol.

Sounds good.