Re: [PATCH v2] treewide: get rid of HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Max,

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 7:47 PM Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> CONFIG_HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG is currently used to determine if
> atomic_inatomic is always working or must be probed. For most
> architectures it is either selected, or it is known that they always
> have futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic working.
>
> Drop HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG from the Kconfig and let architectures that may
> not have it working define macro arch_have_futex_cmpxchg that probes
> whether futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic is working, otherwise assume that
> it is working.
>
> Implement arch_have_futex_cmpxchg for MIPS, Xtensa and for the users of
> asm-generic/futex.h.
>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes v1->v2:
> - fix #ifdef/#ifndef logic in kernel/futex.c

Thanks for the update!

>  arch/m68k/Kconfig               |  1 -

For m68k:
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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