[2/3] x86/mcelog: Remove one mce_helper definition

[2/3] x86/mcelog: Remove one mce_helper definition

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

Commit 5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog
driver") moved the old interface into one file including mce_helper
definition as static and "extern".

Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Fixes:  5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog driver")
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
index 97685a0c31751..27f394ac983f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/dev-mcelog.c
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ static struct mce_log_buffer mcelog = {
 
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(mce_chrdev_wait);
 
-/* User mode helper program triggered by machine check event */
-extern char			mce_helper[128];
-
 static int dev_mce_log(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
 				void *data)
 {

[2/3] x86/mcelog: Remove one mce_helper definition

[Boris Petkov]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 07:05:53PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Commit 5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog
> driver") moved the old interface into one file including mce_helper
> definition as static and "extern".
> 
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Fixes:  5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog driver")

I'm not sure about the Fixes: tag - it'll trigger a flood of backporting
for no reason AFAICT.

[2/3] x86/mcelog: Remove one mce_helper definition

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 07:05:53PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > Commit 5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog
> > driver") moved the old interface into one file including mce_helper
> > definition as static and "extern".
> > 
> > Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> > Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>
> > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > Fixes:  5de97c9f6d85f ("x86/mce: Factor out and deprecate the /dev/mcelog driver")
> 
> I'm not sure about the Fixes: tag - it'll trigger a flood of backporting
> for no reason AFAICT.

Not when there is no Cc: stable. If the stable folks pick up stuff
nevertheless, shrug.

The fixes tag is interesting even for stuff which does not go into stable
because you can extract it properly and look at relations between original
commit and fix.

Thanks,

	tglx