Re: [PATCH] MIPS64: R6: R2 emulation bugfix

[Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>]

On 04/29/2015 02:49 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, James Hogan wrote:
>
>>> Error recovery pointers for fixups was improperly set as ".word"
>>> which is unsuitable for MIPS64.
>>>
>>> Replaced by __stringify(PTR)
>> Every other case of this sort of thing uses STR(PTR) (or __UA_ADDR in
>> uaccess.h). Can we stick to STR(PTR) for consistency please?
>   Or __PA_ADDR in paccess.h.
>
>   I have mixed feelings, the reason for __stringify being absent is the
> macro being generic and more recently added than pieces of code that use
> STR, e.g. unaligned.c that has been there since forever.  And we do use
> __stringify in many other cases.
>
>   On the other hand STR is short and sweet, unlike __stringify.
>
>   So how about adding a macro like __STR_PTR that expands to
> __stringify(PTR) and converting all the places throughout our port
> (including ones currently using __UA_ADDR/__PA_ADDR) to use the new macro?
>
>   Leonid's bug fix will need to go in first of course.
>
>    Maciej
As for me, I don't mind which solution is - STR/__stringify or __PA_ADDR.
I just would like to have one for future submissions and I assumed that 
__stringify is it because it a last one so far introduced.

So, I put a decision to maintainer. Ralf?

- Leonid.