Re: [PATCH 0/1] kgdb: Handle HAS_IOPORT dependencies

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Apr 03 2024 - 16:02:51 EST


On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 15:25:46 +0200 Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> This is a follow up in my ongoing effort of making inb()/outb() and
> similar I/O port accessors compile-time optional. Previously I sent this
> as a treewide series titled "treewide: Remove I/O port accessors for
> HAS_IOPORT=n" with the latest being its 5th version[0]. With a significant
> subset of patches merged I've changed over to per-subsystem series. These
> series are stand alone and should be merged via the relevant tree such
> that with all subsystems complete we can follow this up with the final
> patch that will make the I/O port accessors compile-time optional.
>
> The current state of the full series with changes to the remaining
> subsystems and the aforementioned final patch can be found for your
> convenience on my git.kernel.org tree in the has_ioport_v6 branch[1] with
> signed tags. As for compile-time vs runtime see Linus' reply to my first
> attempt[2].

Thanks.

I'm not fully understanding the timing. Am I correct in believing that the 44
other patches are not dependent upon this one? And that this patch is not
dependent upon those 44?