Re: [PATCH 0/2] powerpc/sstep: Fix compilation on 32-bit PowerPC

From: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 01:58:53 EST




Le 29/07/2026 à 22:49, Link Mauve a écrit :
Two local variables were only set but never read on 32-bit PowerPC,
which causes an error during compilation.

Are those errors new ? This series and the one from yesterday on ppc64, I have the feeling that the code is not new. Has anything changed in the building flags or does this pops up with recent versions of GCC ? If it is the case it is worth saying it in the commit messages in order to clarify the reason for the fix.


This series first makes the 64-bit guards consistent by converting all
uses of CONFIG_PPC64 to use __powerpc64__ instead, and then guard the
two variables rc and suffix behind __powerpc64__ checks.

Link Mauve (2):
powerpc/sstep: Consistently use one define to check arch bit width
powerpc/sstep: Don’t define variables we won’t be using

arch/powerpc/lib/sstep.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)


base-commit: 78bc8af4affb9a732504eb22eeac7d1e50883853