linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 04/10] arm64/sysreg: Add a comment that the sysreg file should be sorted

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Message-ID: <3b0afabc-49a7-47cb-84bc-5d1017693be3@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:18 +0000
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
	kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev, oliver.upton@...ux.dev,
	suzuki.poulose@....com, coresight@...ts.linaro.org,
	James Clark <james.clark@....com>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@....com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@...wei.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
	Shiqi Liu <shiqiliu@...t.edu.cn>, James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
	Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>,
	Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@...gle.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 04/10] arm64/sysreg: Add a comment that the sysreg
 file should be sorted

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:43:07AM +0000, James Clark wrote:

> Actually I updated gen-sysreg.awk to fail the build if it's not sorted, was
> just about to post it. I don't know if a build failure or a warning is
> preferred but I can do either.

A build failure is probably safer, people are more likely to notice it
and warnings from things that aren't the compiler can get a bit shaky
with tooling sometimes.

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