[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux-fusion: fix several build issues

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Hello,

On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 23:20:29 +0100, Mason wrote:

> > We need your real name here to accept your patches. See
> > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#L448.
> 
> Do you mean my full name, not just my first name?

Yes, your full name (first name + last name).

> > Can you try instead to replace '%ld' by '%tu'. Apparently, according to
> > lib/vsprintf.c, %t is the proper format specifier for ptrdiff_t.
> 
> Erf, I had missed that, as the documentation isn't up-to-date.
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
> 
> However, if I do use a specific kernel feature, the module
> will no longer build for earlier kernels, while a cast
> works "everywhere".
> 
> I tried tracing the history of the %t spec in printk.
> I found 4370aa4aa753 (dated 2009-03-06) i.e. since 2.6.30
> 
> What do you think?

Keep your cast, it's simpler and will remain compatible with kernels
earlier than 2.6.30.

> >> +-#if defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU) || defined(CONFIG_TINY_RCU) || defined(rcu_read_lock)
> >> ++#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,18) || defined(rcu_read_lock)
> > 
> > Are you sure it is good to keep the defined(rcu_read_lock) test ? This
> > only works if rcu_read_lock is a macro, not if it's an inline function.
> > If tasklisk_lock is available up to 2.6.18, then why not simply keep
> > the version-based condition?
> 
> AFAICT, the rcu_read_lock macro was introduced in the 2.5 dev cycle.
> bc33f24bdca8 changed rcu_read_lock from a macro to an inline function
> since 2.6.32
> 
> It's possible e.g. kernel 2.6.16 (one of the first LTS kernels IIUC)
> had both rcu_read_lock available, and tasklist_lock exported.
> 
> On the other hand, if both methods are available, I'm not sure which
> was better. Do you have a strong opinion on the subject?

No, I don't have a strong opinion on this, since I don't fully grok the
details. Though I would assume that if tasklist_lock was changed to be
no longer exported, then presumably using rcu_read_lock() is a better
solution. But again I'm just guessing.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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