Re: [PATCH] tty: remove platform_sysrq_reset_seq

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:11:28AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The platform_sysrq_reset_seq code was intended as a way for an embedded
> platform to provide its own sysrq sequence at compile time. After over
> two years, nobody has started using it in an upstream kernel, and
> the platforms that were interested in it have moved on to devicetree,
> which can be used to configure the sequence without requiring kernel
> changes. The method is also incompatible with the way that most
> architectures build support for multiple platforms into a single
> kernel.
> 
> Now the code is producing warnings when built with gcc-5.1:
> 
> drivers/tty/sysrq.c: In function 'sysrq_init':
> drivers/tty/sysrq.c:959:33: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
>    key = platform_sysrq_reset_seq[i];
> 
> We could fix this, but it seems unlikely that it will ever be used,
> so let's just remove the code instead. We still have the option to
> pass the sequence either in DT, using the kernel command line,
> or using the /sys/module/sysrq/parameters/reset_seq file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 154b7a489a ("Input: sysrq - allow specifying alternate reset sequence")

Mathieu, are you OK with dropping this?

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> index 8ba52e56bb8b..9c5395db6a57 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/sysrq.c
> @@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
>  static int __read_mostly sysrq_enabled = CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ_DEFAULT_ENABLE;
>  static bool __read_mostly sysrq_always_enabled;
>  
> -unsigned short platform_sysrq_reset_seq[] __weak = { KEY_RESERVED };
> -int sysrq_reset_downtime_ms __weak;
> +static int sysrq_reset_downtime_ms;
>  
>  static bool sysrq_on(void)
>  {
> @@ -950,23 +949,8 @@ static bool sysrq_handler_registered;
>  
>  static inline void sysrq_register_handler(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned short key;
>  	int error;
> -	int i;
> -
> -	/* First check if a __weak interface was instantiated. */
> -	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sysrq_reset_seq); i++) {
> -		key = platform_sysrq_reset_seq[i];
> -		if (key == KEY_RESERVED || key > KEY_MAX)
> -			break;
>  
> -		sysrq_reset_seq[sysrq_reset_seq_len++] = key;
> -	}
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * DT configuration takes precedence over anything that would
> -	 * have been defined via the __weak interface.
> -	 */
>  	sysrq_of_get_keyreset_config();
>  
>  	error = input_register_handler(&sysrq_handler);
> 

-- 
Dmitry
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