linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mips: provide unxlate_dev_mem

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 10:16:25 +0200
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mips: provide unxlate_dev_mem_ptr() in asm/io.h

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 09:39:42PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> The unxlate_dev_mem_ptr() function has no prototype on the mips
> architecture, which does not include asm-generic/io.h, so gcc warns
> about the __weak definition:
> 
> drivers/char/mem.c:94:29: error: no previous prototype for 'unxlate_dev_mem_ptr' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
> 
> Since everyone else already gets the generic definition or has a custom
> one, there is not really much point in having a __weak version as well.
> 
> Remove this one, and instead add a trivial macro to the mips header.
> Once we convert mips to use the asm-generic header, this can go away
> again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  arch/mips/include/asm/io.h | 1 +
>  drivers/char/mem.c         | 7 -------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

applied to mips-next.

Thomas.

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