linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] mtd: only use __xipram annotation when XIP

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2Zvsc880ZYy9aaQ1fOJeO50uJc92OKMK0QxCcTzwGPsg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:00:05 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] mtd: only use __xipram annotation when
 XIP_KERNEL is set

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Boris Brezillon
<boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:26:25 +0200
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

>> Note that MTD_XIP has been broken on ARM since around 2011 or 2012. I
>> have sent another patch[2] to fix compilation, which I plan to merge
>> through arm-soc unless there are objections. The obvious alternative
>> to that would be to completely rip out the MTD_XIP support from the
>> kernel, since obviously nobody has been using it in a long while.
>>
>> Link: [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8109771/
>> Link: [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9855225/
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> ---
>>  include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h |  1 +
>>  include/linux/mtd/xip.h           | 10 ++++++----
>
> For the MTD part,
>
> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

Thanks. If you don't mind, could you just apply the patch to the mtd tree?

      Arnd