linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] sparc32: srmmu: improve type safety of __nocache

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 19:56:42 +0300
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
To:     sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] sparc32: srmmu: improve type safety of
 __nocache_fix()

Gentle ping.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 11:16:51AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As discussed at [1] the __nocache_fix() macro in sparc's SRMMU can be made
> type safe and so the compiler will yell anout misuse of pXd pointers for
> which the __nocache_fix() is primarily used.
> 
> The first patch is an fix of such misuse that I've discovered after adding
> type cast to __nocache_fix(), but to avoid breaking bisection I've made it
> the first commit.
> 
> v2: rebased on v5.8-rc2+
> 
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wisORTa7QVPnFqNw9pFs62UiwgsD4C4d=MtYy1o4JPyGQ@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Mike Rapoport (2):
>   sparc32: use PUD rather than PGD to get PMD in srmmu_inherit_prom_mappings()
>   sparc32: srmmu: improve type safety of __nocache_fix()
> 
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtsrmmu.h |  2 +-
>  arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c             | 18 +++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> base-commit: 1590a2e1c681b0991bd42c992cabfd380e0338f2
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.