[GIT PULL] strscpy powerpc fix for 4.3 - not 3.4 :-)

[Chris Metcalf]

On 10/08/2015 02:45 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 08:27:38PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> > On 10/7/2015 6:44 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > Hi Linus,
> > >
> > > After merging Linus' tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> > > ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
> > >
> > > lib/string.c: In function 'strscpy':
> > > lib/string.c:209:4: error: implicit declaration of function 'zero_bytemask' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > >      *(unsigned long *)(dest+res) = c & zero_bytemask(data);
> > >      ^
> > >
> > > Caused by commit
> > >
> > >    30035e45753b ("string: provide strscpy()")
> > I posted a change equivalent to yours earlier today:
> >
> > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444229188-19640-1-git-send-email-cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I also did no testing, but since the rest of the PPC code is similar to the
> > asm-generic version, I believe the zero_bytemask() definition should be OK.
> >
> > It probably should go through Linus' tree, like the previous set of patches.
> > I just pushed it up to the linux-tile tree for Linus to grab as:
> Wonder if Linus is going to realize that you meant 4.3 in your subject line,
> not 3.4.

Oops, good catch :-)

I updated the subject line of this reply so it will catch on Linus's mail
filters better, if that helps!

> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile.git strscpy
> >
> > Chris Metcalf (1):
> >        arch/powerpc: provide zero_bytemask() for big-endian
> >
> >   arch/powerpc/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h | 5 +++++
> >   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > --
> > Chris Metcalf, EZChip Semiconductor
> > http://www.ezchip.com
> >
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