Re: [PATCH] fsverity: fix build error by adding fsverity_readahead() stub

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 05:22:44PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> hppa-linux-gcc 9.5.0 generates a call to fsverity_readahead() in
> f2fs_readahead() when CONFIG_FS_VERITY=n, because it fails to do the
> expected dead code elimination based on vi always being NULL.  Fix the
> build error by adding an inline stub for fsverity_readahead().  Since
> it's just for opportunistic readahead, just make it a no-op.
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602180838.pwICdY2r-lkp@intel.com/
> Fixes: 45dcb3ac9832 ("f2fs: consolidate fsverity_info lookup")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/fsverity.h | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fsverity/linux.git/log/?h=for-next

- Eric