Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfs tree

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Josh,

On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:30:12 -0500 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:10:56PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > Josh, any ideas?  We could, of course, make it "r"(size), but that would
> > > be unpleasant in all existing callers...  
> > 
> > Sorry, I've been traveling.  I'd just vote for making it "r".
> > 
> > array_index_nospec() is always called after a usercopy.  I don't think
> > anyone will notice the extra mov, for the cases where it would be
> > propagated as an immediate.  And the argument *is* an unsigned long
> > after all.
> > 
> > Stephen, can you confirm this fixes it?  
> 
> Still traveling, I didn't see an update on this.  Any objections to the
> below?  I assume it fixes Stephen's build issue.

Yes, it does fix my x86_64 allnoconfig build.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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