Re: [PATCH v3] arch/microblaze: add support for get_user() of size 8 bytes

[Randy Dunlap]

On 9/1/19 10:31 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 10:07 AM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I guess I'll apply it. I'm not sure why you _care_ about microblaze, but ...

It was just a response to the 0day build bot reporting build errors.


> Ugh. As I was going to apply it, my code cleanliness conscience struck.
> 
> I can't deal with that unnecessary duplication of code. Does something
> like the attached patch work instead?
> 
> Totally untested, but looks much cleaner.

Hm, I'm getting one (confusing) build error, in block/scsi_ioctl.c:

  CC      block/scsi_ioctl.o
In file included from ../include/linux/uaccess.h:11,
                 from ../include/linux/highmem.h:9,
                 from ../include/linux/pagemap.h:11,
                 from ../include/linux/blkdev.h:16,
                 from ../block/scsi_ioctl.c:9:
../block/scsi_ioctl.c: In function 'sg_scsi_ioctl':
../arch/microblaze/include/asm/uaccess.h:167:25: error: invalid initializer
  typeof(ptr) __gu_ptr = (ptr);   \
                         ^
../block/scsi_ioctl.c:426:6: note: in expansion of macro 'get_user'
  if (get_user(opcode, sic->data))
      ^~~~~~~~


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~Randy