linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 19/29] um: registers: Rename function names to avoid conflicts and build problems

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:04:24 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 19/29] um: registers: Rename function names
 to avoid conflicts and build problems

On Mon, 2022-01-17 at 22:08 -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 077b7320942b64b0da182aefd83c374462a65535 ]
> 
> The function names init_registers() and restore_registers() are used
> in several net/ethernet/ and gpu/drm/ drivers for other purposes (not
> calls to UML functions), so rename them.
> 
> This fixes multiple build errors.

FWIW, this is certainly fine to backport, but also almost certainly not
necessary: most likely all those drivers cannot be built before 5.14
(commit 68f5d3f3b654 ("um: add PCI over virtio emulation driver"))
anyway.

johannes