Re: [PATCH] x86: Use enum instead of literals for trap values

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Fri Feb 01 2013 - 12:18:56 EST


On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 23:44 +0100, John Kacur wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit c94082656dac74257f63e91f78d5d458ac781fa5 upstream
>
> The traps are referred to by their numbers and it can be difficult to
> understand them while reading the code without context. This patch adds
> enumeration of the trap numbers and replaces the numbers with the correct
> enum for x86.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120310000710.GA32667@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cherry-picked-for: v2.3.37
>
> This fixes the following build error
> make O=/bld/v3.2.37
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `relocs'.
> Using /home/jkacur/linux-rt as source for kernel
> GEN /bld/v3.2.37/Makefile
> CHK include/linux/version.h
> CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
> CALL /home/jkacur/linux-rt/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> CHK include/generated/compile.h
> CHK kernel/config_data.h
> CC [M] drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.o
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c: In function âxpc_system_dieâ:
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c:1208: error: âX86_TRAP_DFâ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c:1208: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c:1208: error: for each function it appears in.)
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c:1211: error: âX86_TRAP_MFâ undeclared (first use in this function)
> /home/jkacur/linux-rt/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.c:1212: error: âX86_TRAP_XFâ undeclared (first use in this function)
> make[4]: *** [drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpc_main.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [drivers/misc/sgi-xp] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [drivers/misc] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [drivers] Error 2
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
[...]

Queued up for 3.2, thanks. I've also added X86_UV and SGI_XP to the
x86 .config I build.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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