Re: [PATCH] ARM: Spectre-BHB: provide empty stub for non-config

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 11:18:20AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> When CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES is not set, references
> to spectre_v2_update_state() cause a build error, so provide an
> empty stub for that function when the Kconfig option is not set.
> 
> Fixes this build error:
> 
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.o: in function `cpu_v7_bugs_init':
> proc-v7-bugs.c:(.text+0x52): undefined reference to `spectre_v2_update_state'
> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: proc-v7-bugs.c:(.text+0x82): undefined reference to `spectre_v2_update_state'
> 
> Fixes: b9baf5c8c5c3 ("ARM: Spectre-BHB workaround")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'd suggest sending this direct to Linus as I've been doing with the
other fixes for Spectre BHB. Trying to fit it now into a pull request
is just going to be very messy.

Thanks.

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