Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] powerpc/sstep: Fix compilation on 32-bit PowerPC
From: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 03:24:37 EST
Le 30/07/2026 à 08:50, Link Mauve a écrit :
Two local variables were only set but never read on 32-bit PowerPC,
which causes an error during compilation with W=1.
This series first makes the 64-bit guards consistent by converting all
uses of __powerpc64__ to use CONFIG_PPC64 instead, and then guard the
two variables rc and suffix behind CONFIG_PPC64 checks.
For the two patches,
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) <chleroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
Changes since v1:
- Link to v1:
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- Switch from __powerpc64__ to CONFIG_PPC64, as it is the preferred
check.
- Document that the build error was only occurring with W=1.
- Declare both variables on the same line.
base-commit: 78bc8af4affb9a732504eb22eeac7d1e50883853