linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] arch/*: Add CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 11:50:20 -0700
From:   Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] arch/*: Add CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_CMPXCHG64

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:46 AM, Bart Van Assche
<bart.vanassche@....com> wrote:
> The next patch in this series introduces a call to cmpxchg64()
> in the block layer core for those architectures on which this
> functionality is available. Make it possible to test whether
> cmpxchg64() is available by introducing CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_CMPXCHG64.
>
> ---

[...]

> diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
> index c921e8bccdc8..8234278a821d 100644
> --- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config XTENSA
>         select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
>         select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD
>         select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
> +       select ARCH_HAVE_CMPXCHG64

This breaks alphabetical sorting of Kconfig entries.

>         select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if !MMU
>         select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS
>         select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max