linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] include: warn for inconsistent endian config definition

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Date:   Thu,  8 Jun 2017 15:17:23 -0700
From:   Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
To:     ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
        jonas@...thpole.se, stefan.kristiansson@...nalahti.fi,
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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] include: warn for inconsistent endian config definition

Display warning if CPU_BIG_ENDIAN is not defined on big endian
architecture and also warn if it defined on little endian architectures.

We have seen some generic code(for example code include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h)
uses CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN to decide the endianess.

Here is the original discussion
http://www.spinics.net/lists/devicetree/msg178101.html

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h    |    4 ++++
 include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h b/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
index 3920414..ffd2159 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/byteorder/big_endian.h>
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#warning inconsistent configuration, needs CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_BIG_ENDIAN_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h b/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
index 0805737..ba910bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
+++ b/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+#warning inconsistent configuration, CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN is set
+#endif
+
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 #endif /* _LINUX_BYTEORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN_H */
-- 
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