Re: [PATCH] blackfin: include: asm: pgtable: Define dummy pgprot_writecombine

From: Chen Gang
Date: Sat Apr 04 2015 - 18:02:40 EST


On 4/4/15 06:50, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:36 PM, Chen Gang <xili_gchen_5257@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It is copied from asm-generic, the related error with allmodconfig:
>>
>> CC [M] sound/core/pcm_native.o
>> sound/core/pcm_native.c: In function 'snd_pcm_lib_default_mmap':
>> sound/core/pcm_native.c:3387:24: error: implicit declaration of function 'pgprot_writecombine' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>> area->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(area->vm_page_prot);
>> ^
>> sound/core/pcm_native.c:3387:22: error: incompatible types when assigning to type 'pgprot_t {aka struct <anonymous>}' from type 'int'
>> area->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(area->vm_page_prot);
>> ^
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/blackfin/include/asm/pgtable.h | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> index b88a155..3e730d9 100644
>> --- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> +++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/pgtable.h
>> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ typedef pte_t *pte_addr_t;
>> #define PAGE_READONLY __pgprot(0) /* these mean nothing to NO_MM */
>> #define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(0) /* these mean nothing to NO_MM */
>> #define pgprot_noncached(prot) (prot)
>> +#define pgprot_writecombine pgprot_noncached
>
> This looks fishy as blackfin's pgtable.h already includes asm-generic/pgtable.h.
> So, copy&pasting pgprot_writecombine shouldn't be needed.
>

pgprot_writecombine in asm-generic/pgtable.h needs MMU, but allmodconfig
for blackfin is NOMMU.

So, I still suggest to add dummy one in blackfin (although for me, asm-
generic/pgtable.h may need improvement -- welcome other members for it).


Thanks.
--
Chen Gang

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