linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hexagon: Remove unusable symbols from the ptrace.h uapi

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Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:59:44 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Thomas Huth" <thuth@...hat.com>,
        "Oleg Nesterov" <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org,
        "Brian Cain" <bcain@...cinc.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Richard Kuo" <rkuo@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hexagon: Remove unusable symbols from the ptrace.h uapi

On Wed, Oct 25, 2023, at 09:38, Thomas Huth wrote:
> Kernel-internal prototypes, references to current_thread_info()
> and code hidden behind a CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION switch are
> certainly not usable in userspace, so this should not reside
> in a uapi header. Move the code into an internal version of
> ptrace.h instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
> ---
>  I've compile tested it now with a hexagon cross-compiler and the kernel
>  compiles fine with this change, so I think this should be good to go.

I've applied this to the asm-generic tree, thanks for the
patch.

> +++ b/scripts/headers_install.sh
> @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/page.h:CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_16K
>  arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/page.h:CONFIG_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_4K
>  arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h:CONFIG_ARC_HAS_SWAPE
>  arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h:CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
> -arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h:CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION
>  arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/user.h:CONFIG_HEXAGON_ARCH_VERSION
>  arch/m68k/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h:CONFIG_COLDFIRE
>  arch/nios2/include/uapi/asm/swab.h:CONFIG_NIOS2_CI_SWAB_NO

Would you like to send another patch for the other hexagon
file? It looks trivial enough as we can just drop the #if
portion there and keep the #else side.

      Arnd