linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/11] powerpc/64s: Simple RFI macro conversions

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Message-ID: <20180108210123.GA9895@fergus.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 08:01:23 +1100
From:   Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        npiggin@...il.com, anton@...ba.org, mikey@...ling.org,
        oohall@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] powerpc/64s: Simple RFI macro conversions

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 06:09:51PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 03:54:45AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rmhandlers.S
> > index 42a4b237df5f..34a5adeff084 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rmhandlers.S
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rmhandlers.S
> > @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
> >  
> >  #define FUNC(name)		name
> >  
> > +#define RFI_TO_KERNEL	RFI
> > +#define RFI_TO_GUEST	RFI
> > +
> >  .macro INTERRUPT_TRAMPOLINE intno
> >  
> >  .global kvmppc_trampoline_\intno
> 
> Leftovers? The previous patch seems to define all that in common
> headers, why redefine here again?

Not leftovers - this is for the sake of 32-bit compiles.  There is
code in this file and in book3s_segment.S which gets used both for
32-bit and 64-bit kernels, and this is supplying a definition on
32-bit platforms.  Without this, 32-bit builds that have PR KVM
configured will fail.

Paul.