Re: [PATCH] x86: fixmap: use CONFIG_NR_CPUS instead of NR_CPUS

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed May 26 2021 - 14:00:05 EST


On 5/25/21 11:50 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Use CONFIG_NR_CPUS instead of NR_CPUS for an enum entry item.
>> (Alternatively, #include <linux/threads.h> unconditionally instead of
>> conditionally.)
>>
>> This fixes 100+ build errors like so:
>>
>> In file included from ../include/asm-generic/early_ioremap.h:6:0,
>> from ./arch/x86/include/generated/asm/early_ioremap.h:1,
>> from ../arch/x86/include/asm/io.h:44,
>> from ../include/linux/io.h:13,
>> from ../mm/early_ioremap.c:13:
>> ../arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h:103:48: error: ‘NR_CPUS’ undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean ‘NR_OPEN’?
>> FIX_KMAP_END = FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + (KM_MAX_IDX * NR_CPUS) - 1,
>>
>> Fixes: e972c2511967 ("mm/early_ioremap: add prototype for early_memremap_pgprot_adjust")
>
> I believe this patch is in the -mm tree, not the x86 tree.
>
>> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
>> #endif
>> #ifdef CONFIG_KMAP_LOCAL
>> FIX_KMAP_BEGIN, /* reserved pte's for temporary kernel mappings */
>> - FIX_KMAP_END = FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + (KM_MAX_IDX * NR_CPUS) - 1,
>> + FIX_KMAP_END = FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + (KM_MAX_IDX * CONFIG_NR_CPUS) - 1,
>> #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG
>> FIX_PCIE_MCFG,
>> #endif
>
> Please resolve this bug properly:
>
> - Don't sprinkle low level headers with random CONFIG_NR_CPUS conversions.
>
> - <asm/io.h> currently includes <asm/early_ioremap.h>, but this seems
> unjustified.

Deleting it causes build errors.

> - Once early_ioremap.h is gone from io.h, it's potentially possible to
> include <linux/threads.h>. More work to resolve dependencies might be
> needed though.

Yes, my first patch for this (unsent) just included <linux/threads.h>
in fixmap.h unconditionally instead of conditionally.

> Frankly, I'd prefer if such a low level header dependencies change came in
> via the x86 tree so we can properly review it, test it, and keep it
> working. Right now I can only guess what is needed here...

Sure, makes sense.

Mel, do you have any patch suggestions here? re:

commit e972c2511967181d955f74181d74438e26b2e797
Author: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri May 21 10:40:56 2021 +1000

mm/early_ioremap: add prototype for early_memremap_pgprot_adjust


thanks.
--
~Randy