Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: move gds_ucode_mitigated() declaration to header

From: Daniel Sneddon
Date: Wed Aug 09 2023 - 15:22:33 EST


On 8/9/23 12:16, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
> On 8/9/23 11:26, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2023, at 18:54, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
>>> HI Arnd,
>>>
>>> On 8/9/23 06:05, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> The declaration got placed in the .c file of the caller, but that
>>>> causes a warning for the definition:
>>>>
>>>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:682:6: error: no previous prototype for 'gds_ucode_mitigated' [-Werror=missing-prototypes]
>>>
>>> When I build with gcc 9.4 and the x86_64_defconfig I don't see this warning even
>>> without this patch. I'm curious why you're seeing it and I'm not. Any ideas?
>>
>> The warning is currently disabled by default, unless you build with
>> 'make W=1'. I'm in the process of getting my last patches out to
>> change this so the warning is enabled by default though, so I was
>> phrasing this based on the future behavior. Sorry if this was confusing.
>>
>> Arnd
>
> That explains why I wasn't seeing it.
>
> Feel free to add:
> Tested-by: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks,
> Dan

To be clear, that applies to both patches in the series.

BR,
Dan