linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/22] compat: provide compat

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Message-ID: <20200106174027.GC9676@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Mon, 6 Jan 2020 17:40:28 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 02/22] compat: provide compat_ptr() on all
 architectures

On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 03:55:20PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> In order to avoid needless #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT checks,
> move the compat_ptr() definition to linux/compat.h
> where it can be seen by any file regardless of the
> architecture.
> 
> Only s390 needs a special definition, this can use the
> self-#define trick we have elsewhere.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h   | 17 -----------------
>  arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h    | 18 ------------------
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h  | 17 -----------------
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h | 17 -----------------
>  arch/powerpc/oprofile/backtrace.c |  2 +-
>  arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h    |  6 +-----
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h   | 17 -----------------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h     | 17 -----------------
>  include/linux/compat.h            | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)

For arm64:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Will