Re: [GIT PULL] ext4 changes for 3.15

[Thavatchai Makphaibulchoke <thavatchai.makpahibulchoke@hp.com>]

On 06/24/2014 04:03 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> 
>>       fs/mbcache.c: doucple the locking of local from global data
> 
>  This change causes breakage:
> 
> fs/built-in.o: In function `__mb_cache_entry_release':
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56b3c): undefined reference to `log2'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56b3c): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `log2'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56b74): undefined reference to `__fixunsdfsi'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56b74): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `__fixunsdfsi'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56be4): undefined reference to `log2'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56be4): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `log2'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56bf0): undefined reference to `__fixunsdfsi'
> mbcache.c:(.text+0x56bf0): relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against `__fixunsdfsi'
> 
> and so on, and so on.  It uses __builtin_log2() that is a floating-point 
> function, its corresponding <math.h> prototype is:
> 
>  -- Function: double log2 (double X)
> 
> (GCC builtins are of course implicitly prototyped).  Please note that 
> floating-point calculations are not allowed in the kernel and relying on 
> the compiler to optimise them away is risky to say the least.
> 
>  Can you please rewrite the fragment using __builtin_log2() so as to avoid 
> the floating-point calculation, using ffs() or suchlike perhaps?
> 
>   Maciej
> 

Sorry and thanks for notifying me about the problem.

I've submitted the fix, using ilog2, and could be found at,

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/30/462

Please let me know if you have any comment.

Thanks,
Mak.