linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/13] arm: npcm: drop selecting non-existing ARM_ERRATA

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Message-ID: <CAKXUXMzeTE11Qfces6sHLb7F_0sSSCOr91aivZmnqCS4cZM-VQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:14:58 +0100
From:   Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>, Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@...il.com>,
        Avi Fishman <avifishman70@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        Sekhar Nori <nsekhar@...com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
        Imre Kaloz <kaloz@...nwrt.org>,
        Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@...p.pl>,
        Tali Perry <tali.perry1@...il.com>,
        Patrick Venture <venture@...gle.com>,
        Nancy Yuen <yuenn@...gle.com>,
        Benjamin Fair <benjaminfair@...gle.com>,
        Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        OpenBMC Maillist <openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/13] arm: npcm: drop selecting non-existing ARM_ERRATA_794072

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 9:11 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2021 at 8:31 AM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:36 AM Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 14:57, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 4:19 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/6be32e0b5b454ed7b609317266a8e798@BLUPR03MB358.namprd03.prod.outlook.com/
> > >
> > > It looks like it's the same workaround as ARM_ERRATA_742230, which the
> > > kernel does implement.
> > >
> > > It would be good to hear from the Nuvoton people, or an Arm person.
> >
> > I will happily update the patch to select ARM_ERRATA_742230 instead of
> > the dead non-existing ARM_ERRATA_794072.
> >
> > In contrast to the current patch that basically only cleans up "dead
> > config" and has no effective functional change, the new patch would
> > change the behaviour. I cannot test this patch (beyond some basic
> > compile test) on the hardware; so, we certainly need someone to have
> > that hardware, knows how to test it or confirm otherwise that we
> > should select the ARM_ERRATA_742230 fix for this hardware.
> >
> > The current patch should be subsumed by the new patch; the submission
> > of the new patch is deferred until that person shows up. Let's see.
>
> I'd prefer to leave the broken Kconfig symbol in place as a reminder until it
> gets fixed properly then.
>

Agree, this patch here should not be integrated. I rather expect that
Avi or others at Nuvoton will provide a proper patch to act
appropriately for the ARM_ERRATA_794072, or after proper analysis can
determine that there is no change in the kernel required.

Lukas