linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/io: Define readq()/writeq() to use 64-bit type

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Date:   Sat, 31 Mar 2018 15:05:31 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, sohil.mehta@...el.com,
        mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/io: Define readq()/writeq() to use 64-bit type

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> * Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2018-02-13 at 08:58 -0800, tip-bot for Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> > Commit-ID:  0fc8483b698620ea3d8cc6635b54eccc613c23a3
>> > Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/0fc8483b698620ea3d8cc6635b54ecc
>> > c613c23a3
>> > Author:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>> > AuthorDate: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:33:22 +0200
>> > Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
>> > CommitDate: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:14:41 +0100
>>
>> As of today I don't see this in linux-next
>>
>> % git tag --contains 0fc8483b69862
>> next-20180214
>> next-20180215
>> next-20180216
>>
>> What happened to this change?
>
> Hm, so it's a real mystery: I merged it, then removed it 1.5 days later without
> reporting anything. According to the Git log timestamp the removal happened late
> at night, so maybe it was a tired typo?

Who knows? )

> Anyway, it's a good thing you kept out an eye for this: I re-applied the patch for
> v4.17 and will let you know if there's any problem in testing.

Actually I got the same warning when tried to do some debug printings
with readq() as a parameter.
That's why I have noticed.

Thank you for re-applying!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko