linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] scripts/decodecode: Set ARCH when running natively on arm/arm64

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Message-ID: <20181123183132.GC21183@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Nov 2018 18:31:32 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] scripts/decodecode: Set ARCH when running natively
 on arm/arm64

On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:14:39PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> When running decodecode natively on arm64, ARCH is likely not to be set,
> and we end-up with .4byte instead of .inst when generating the disassembly.
> 
> Similar effects would occur if running natively on a 32bit ARM platform,
> although that's even less popular.
> 
> A simple workaround is to populate ARCH when it is not set and that we're
> running on an arm/arm64 system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> ---
>  scripts/decodecode | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Will