Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] memblock test: fix implicit declaration of function 'virt_to_phys'
From: Wei Yang
Date: Thu Aug 01 2024 - 20:54:03 EST
On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 09:09:14AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 12:07:39AM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 08:37:23AM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>> >On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 01:47:21AM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
>> >> Commit 94ff46de4a73 ("memblock: Move late alloc warning down to phys
>> >> alloc") introduce the usage of virt_to_phys(), which is not defined in
>> >> memblock tests.
>> >>
>> >> Define it in mm.h to fix the build error.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> v2: move definition to mm.h
>> >> ---
>> >> tools/include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
>> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/tools/include/linux/mm.h b/tools/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> index cad4f2927983..9db45c5d00fc 100644
>> >> --- a/tools/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> +++ b/tools/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
>> >> #define pfn_to_page(pfn) ((void *)((pfn) * PAGE_SIZE))
>> >>
>> >> #define phys_to_virt phys_to_virt
>> >> +#define virt_to_phys(p) ((unsigned long)p)
>> >> +
>> >
>> >Please don't break #define of phys_to_virt from the static inline
>> >implementation.
>> >
>>
>> I don't touch the definition of phys_to_virt, so you are willing me to adjust
>> it?
>>
>> The macro here will be expanded to code at preprocessing stage. I don't get
>> how static inline would help here. Do I miss something?
>
>static inline allows type checking of the parameters and #define with the
>same name as of the static inline allows catching other defines with the
>same name.
>
>So it's common practice to use this combination, line phys_to_virt does.
>
Thanks, I finally get why we write code like this.
>> >And please make virt_to_phys a static inline similarly to phys_to_virt.
>> >
>> >> static inline void *phys_to_virt(unsigned long address)
>> >> {
>> >> return __va(address);
>> >> --
>> >> 2.34.1
>> >>
>> >
>> >--
>> >Sincerely yours,
>> >Mike.
>>
>> --
>> Wei Yang
>> Help you, Help me
>
>--
>Sincerely yours,
>Mike.
--
Wei Yang
Help you, Help me