linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/asm: Remove unused COMPILE

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20221128111112.dzavip4eqqgpyrai@box.shutemov.name>
Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:11:12 +0300
From:   kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
To:     Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com,
        jpoimboe@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/asm: Remove unused COMPILE_OFFSETS macro from
 asm-offsets.c

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 07:11:17PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:15:06 +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 03:23:35PM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> > > Following [1], the macro COMPILE_OFFSETS becomes unused:
> > 
> > Really? I see #ifdef COMPILE_OFFSETS in ftrace.h. Hm?
> > 
> > Have you tested your patch with CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=y and
> > CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y?
> 
> Even if I activate those two configurations, the compiler still
> tells me it is unused:
> 
>   $ grep -E "CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS|CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION" .config
>   CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y
>   CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=y
> 
>   $ make W=2 arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.o
>   <...>
>   arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c:7: warning: macro "COMPILE_OFFSETS" is not used [-Wunused-macros]
>   <...>

If you are sure <asm/ftrace.h> is never included from asm-offsets.c,
remove #ifndef COMPILE_OFFSETS too.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov