Re: 2.6.13-rc3-mm1

From: Russell King
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 04:04:35 EST


On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 01:56:29AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Russell King <rmk+lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 01:36:53AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > +uart_handle_sysrq_char-warning-fix.patch
> > >
> > > Fix a warning
> >
> > Andrew, this requires a little more fixing than your simple patch.
> > Several drivers omit 'regs' from the receive handler when sysrq is
> > not enabled. Hence, this simple fix on its own will cause compile
> > failures.
>
> Me no understand. It replaces a three-arg macro with a three-arg static
> inline?

Some serial drivers drop 'regs' from the parent function when sysrq is
disabled. 'regs' is only passed for sysrq support.

(Yes, it's disgusting, but I thought at the time I had the choice of
being lynched by the "as efficient as possible" mob, or...)

--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
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