linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bug: Use normal relative pointers in 'struct bug

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Date:   Tue, 10 May 2022 11:38:13 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bug: Use normal relative pointers in 'struct bug_entry'

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 06:09:45PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> With CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS, the addr/file relative
> pointers are calculated weirdly: based on the beginning of the bug_entry
> struct address, rather than their respective pointer addresses.
> 
> Make the relative pointers less surprising to both humans and tools by
> calculating them the normal way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/asm-bug.h |  4 ++--

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>