linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] asm-generic: remove ptrace.h

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Message-ID: <20190624203357.cgybfqklcflll2ti@pburton-laptop>
Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 20:33:58 +0000
From:   Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-mips@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "linux-sh@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] asm-generic: remove ptrace.h

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 07:47:28AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> No one is using this header anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                    |  1 -
>  arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h |  5 ---
>  include/asm-generic/ptrace.h   | 73 ----------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 79 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/asm-generic/ptrace.h

FWIW:

    Acked-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@...s.com>

Thanks,
    Paul

> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
> index b6578611dddb..1e76774b36dd 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ptrace.h
> @@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ static inline unsigned long kernel_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	return regs->regs[31];
>  }
>  
> -/*
> - * Don't use asm-generic/ptrace.h it defines FP accessors that don't make
> - * sense on MIPS.  We rather want an error if they get invoked.
> - */
> -
>  static inline void instruction_pointer_set(struct pt_regs *regs,
>                                             unsigned long val)
>  {