linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] tty/sysrq: alpha: export and use __sysrq_get_key

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Message-ID: <20200608143854.GA140781@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 8 Jun 2020 07:38:54 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] tty/sysrq: alpha: export and use
 __sysrq_get_key_op()

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:43:41PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> Export a pointer to the sysrq_get_key_op(). This way we can cleanly
> unregister it, instead of the current solutions of modifuing it inplace.
> 
> Since __sysrq_get_key_op() is no longer used externally, let's make it
> a static function.
> 
> This patch will allow us to limit access to each and every sysrq op and
> constify the sysrq handling.
> 

This patch results in:

Building alpha:defconfig ... failed
--------------
Error log:
<stdin>:1511:2: warning: #warning syscall clone3 not implemented [-Wcpp]
arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c:435:13: error: initialization of 'void (*)(int)' from incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(void)'

... which does make me wonder if it was even build tested.

Guenter

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# bad: [57626ff1c9135211b92dfbea1923333c7b6dd12c] tty: n_gsm: Remove unnecessary test in gsm_print_packet()
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# bad: [675cacf11462f112ab13d57e1163082161ef8708] MIPS: constify sysrq_key_op
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# bad: [0f1c9688a194d22bb81953bd85bd18b0115fd17f] tty/sysrq: alpha: export and use __sysrq_get_key_op()
git bisect bad 0f1c9688a194d22bb81953bd85bd18b0115fd17f
# good: [7b668c064ec33f3d687c3a413d05e355172e6c92] serial: 8250: Fix max baud limit in generic 8250 port
git bisect good 7b668c064ec33f3d687c3a413d05e355172e6c92
# good: [beca62c4212ade1516a526784adf7f7d99c7f3d9] tty: mxser: make mxser_change_speed() return void
git bisect good beca62c4212ade1516a526784adf7f7d99c7f3d9
# first bad commit: [0f1c9688a194d22bb81953bd85bd18b0115fd17f] tty/sysrq: alpha: export and use __sysrq_get_key_op()