Re: [PATCH v2 00/15] powerpc/32s: Use BATs/LTLBs for STRICT_KERNEL_RWX

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 20/02/2019 Ã 14:23, Michael Ellerman a ÃcritÂ:
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Le 15/01/2019 Ã 11:22, Michael Ellerman a ÃcritÂ:
> > > Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx> writes:
> > > > Le 15/01/2019 Ã 01:33, Jonathan NeuschÃfer a ÃcritÂ:
> > > ...
> > > > > - patches 7 to 11 fail to build with this error (really a warning, but
> > > > >      arch/powerpc doesn't allow warnings by default):
> > > > >
> > > > > 	  CC      arch/powerpc/mm/ppc_mmu_32.o
> > > > > 	../arch/powerpc/mm/ppc_mmu_32.c:133:13: error: âclearibatâ defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> > > > > 	 static void clearibat(int index)
> > > > > 		     ^~~~~~~~~
> > > > > 	../arch/powerpc/mm/ppc_mmu_32.c:115:13: error: âsetibatâ defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
> > > > > 	 static void setibat(int index, unsigned long virt, phys_addr_t phys,
> > > > > 		     ^~~~~~~
> > > > > 	cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
> > > >
> > > > Argh ! I have to squash the patch bringing the new functions with the
> > > > one using them (patch 12). The result is a big messy patch which is more
> > > > difficult to review but that's life.
> > >
> > > You don't *have* to squash them.
> > >
> > > We like to preserve bisectability, but it's not a 100% hard requirement.
> > >
> > > Someone trying to bisect through those patches can always turn off
> > > -Werror with PPC_DISABLE_WERROR. But they probably can just skip them
> > > because they just add new code that's not called yet.
> >
> > Ok thanks for the note.
> >
> > > So I won't object if you send them as-is.
> >
> > Good to know. Anyway I think I will at least re-order so that the patch
> > using the new functions immediatly follows the one adding the functions.
>   
> Based on that I'm expecting a v3 of this series, right?

Right. Coming soon.

Christophe