Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sparc,x86: vdso: remove meaningless undefining CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 4:20 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Ping.
> Could you pick up this series?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 8:08 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The code, #undef CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING, is not working as expected
> > because <linux/compiler_types.h> is parsed before vclock_gettime.c
> > since 28128c61e08e ("kconfig.h: Include compiler types to avoid missed
> > struct attributes").
> >
> > Since then, <linux/compiler_types.h> is included really early by
> > using the '-include' option. So, you cannot negate the decision of
> > <linux/compiler_types.h> in this way.
> >
> > You can confirm it by checking the pre-processed code, like this:
> >
> >   $ make arch/x86/entry/vdso/vdso32/vclock_gettime.i
> >
> > There is no difference with/without CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE.
> >
> > It is about two years since 28128c61e08e. Nobody has reported a
> > problem (or, nobody has even noticed the fact that this code is not
> > working).
> >
> > It is ugly and unreliable to attempt to undefine a CONFIG option from
> > C files, and anyway the inlining heuristic is up to the compiler.
> >
> > Just remove the broken code.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>



I think adding the patch author to Cc:
is strange.



The footer of 6290b47e9aa282c11f38390931b06402c553dbc4
looks like this.


    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200220110807.32534-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
    Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



"Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>"
is unneeded since I am the author.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada