linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 04/12] m68k: select CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWYoGfDafgcObE4Cb4spZ4vAAEDfWPt-4+1pmEebjM6Ow@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 12:18:55 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 04/12] m68k: select CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS

Hi Arnd,

On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:10 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> All supported CPUs other than the old dragonball use the

Same comment about dragonball as for patch 01/12.

> include/linux/unaligned/access_ok.h implementation for accessing unaligned
> variables, so presumably this works everywhere.
>
> However, m68k never selects CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS,
> so none of the other conditionals in the kernel get the optimized
> implementation.
>
> Select this based on CPU_HAS_NO_UNALIGNED to make the two settings
> always match, and then use the generic version of the header.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

> --- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config M68K
>         select HAVE_AOUT if MMU
>         select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
>         select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
> +       select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if !CPU_HAS_NO_UNALIGNED

This was clearly forgotten in commit 58340a07c194e0ae ("introduce
HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS Kconfig symbol"), which predates the
existence of CPU_HAS_NO_UNALIGNED.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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