linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm_pmu: Mark expected switch fall-through

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Message-ID: <20190730124352.iwh5kbnc2d76mqyf@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 13:43:53 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm_pmu: Mark expected switch fall-through

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 02:30:27PM +0200, Anders Roxell wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 13:28, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 12:24:15PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 04:18:25PM +0100, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:29:56PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 01:27:37PM +0200, Anders Roxell wrote:
> > > > > > When fall-through warnings was enabled by default the following warning
> > > > > > was starting to show up:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ../drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c: In function ‘cpu_pm_pmu_notify’:
> > > > > > ../drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c:726:3: warning: this statement may fall
> > > > > >  through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
> > > > > >    cpu_pm_pmu_setup(armpmu, cmd);
> > > > > >    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > > > ../drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c:727:2: note: here
> > > > > >   case CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED:
> > > > > >   ^~~~
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rework so that the compiler doesn't warn about fall-through.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Fixes: d93512ef0f0e ("Makefile: Globally enable fall-through warning")
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm not convinced that this is the correct patch to fix this issue.
> > > > > > However, I can't see why we do 'armpmu->start(armpmu);' only in 'case
> > > > > > CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED' and why we not call function cpu_pm_pmu_setup()
> > > > > > there also, since in cpu_pm_pmu_setup() has a case prepared for
> > > > > > CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED.
> > > > >
> > > > > I agree, think that should be:
> > > > >
> > > > >   case CPU_PM_EXIT:
> > > > >   case CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED:
> > > > >           cpu_pm_pmu_setup(armpmu, cmd);
> > > > >           armpmu->start(armpmu);
> > > > >           break;
> > > > >
> > > > > ... so that we re-start the events before we start the PMU.
> > > > >
> > > > > That would be a fix for commit:
> > > > >
> > > > >   da4e4f18afe0f372 ("drivers/perf: arm_pmu: implement CPU_PM notifier")
> > > >
> > > > Yes that's correct, apologies. Probably we did not hit it because CPU PM
> > > > notifier entry failures are a pretty rare event; regardless:
> > > >
> > > > Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
> > > >
> > > > I can send the updated fix, just let me know.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what Will wants, but assuming you do so:
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> >
> > I gave up waiting
> 
> I'm sorry for letting you wait.

No, not at all. It's just that everybody was piling in with patches for
these issues and I suspected you were busy dealing with responses. Rather
than wait, I figured the best bet was just to get this fixed.

Are you going to respin the SMMUv3 change per Robin's feedback?

Will