Re: [RFC v2 5/7] powerpc: Rename context.vdso_base to context.vdso

[Michael Ellerman]

Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 03:58:22PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/mmu-hash.h |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h      |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mm-arch-hooks.h      |  6 +++---
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-40x.h            |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-44x.h            |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-8xx.h            |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu-book3e.h         |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h        |  4 ++--
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/vdso.h               |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h           |  2 +-
>> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c               |  8 ++++----
>> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c               |  4 ++--
>> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c                    |  8 ++++----
>> >  arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c                 | 12 ++++++------
>> >  14 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>> 
>> This is kind of annoying, but I guess it's worth doing.
>> 
>> It's going to conflict like hell though. Who were you thinking would
>> merge this series? I think it should go via Andrew Morton's tree, as
>> that way if we get bad conflicts we can pull it out and redo it.
>
> The other thing you can do is generate the patch towards the end of the
> merge window and send it as a separate pull request. The disadvantage of
> that is that it can't spend any time in -next, but that might be ok for a
> mechanical rename.

True. Though in this case it's a mechanical rename that then allows us
to use the generic code, so I'd prefer we had some -next coverage on the
latter.

The other other option would be to wrap all uses of the arch value in a
macro (or actually two probably, one a getter one a setter). That would
then allow arches to use the generic code regardless of the name and
type of their mm->context.vdso_whatever.

That would allow the basic series to go in, and then each arch could do
a series later that switches it to the "standard" name and type.

cheers