Re: [PATCH v2] xtensa: remove redundant flush_dcache_page and ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE macros

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Mar 18 2024 - 23:43:54 EST


On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 02:09:20PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
>
> xtensa's flush_dcache_page() can be a no-op sometimes. There is a
> generic implementation for this case in include/asm-generic/
> cacheflush.h.
> #ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
> static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> {
> }
>
> #define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
> #endif
>
> So remove the superfluous flush_dcache_page() definition, which also
> helps silence potential build warnings complaining the page variable
> passed to flush_dcache_page() is not used.
>
> In file included from crypto/scompress.c:12:
> include/crypto/scatterwalk.h: In function 'scatterwalk_pagedone':
> include/crypto/scatterwalk.h:76:30: warning: variable 'page' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 76 | struct page *page;
> | ^~~~
> crypto/scompress.c: In function 'scomp_acomp_comp_decomp':
> >> crypto/scompress.c:174:38: warning: unused variable 'dst_page' [-Wunused-variable]
> 174 | struct page *dst_page = sg_page(req->dst);
> |
>
> The issue was originally reported on LoongArch by kernel test
> robot (Huacai fixed it on LoongArch), then reported by Guenter
> and me on xtensa.
>
> This patch also removes lots of redundant macros which have
> been defined by asm-generic/cacheflush.h.
>
> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202403091614.NeUw5zcv-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGsJ_4yDk1+axbte7FKQEwD7X2oxUCFrEc9M5YOS1BobfDFXPA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aaa8b7d7-5abe-47bf-93f6-407942436472@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 77292bb8ca69 ("crypto: scomp - remove memcpy if sg_nents is 1 and pages are lowmem")
> Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@xxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Guenter