From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@linux-m68k.org>,
linux-m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>,
uClinux development list <uclinux-dev@uclinux.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68knommu: remove set_fs()
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:51:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210705115113.GA20126@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdXB1aYK+jUtkf0L5UCNt2HCH53gxY2rDxYHCNFVSG91yw@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 01:33:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > No, at least not yet. Coldfire and co still rely on set_fs for various
> > things in the m68k arch code, and also don't provide
> > __{get,put}_kernel_nofault yet. So wile m68k with CPU_HAS_ADDRESS_SPACES
> > will probably one of the hardest ports to get rid of set_fs() for,
> > m68k/mmu without CPU_HAS_ADDRESS_SPACES would be a logical next step.
> > I could try to whiteboard code some of it, but I'd need help from dedicated
>
> M68k/mmu with CPU_HAS_ADDRESS_SPACES needs to use the address spaces
> to access user space from kernel space using the "moves" instruction.
> Coldfire doesn't.
>
> See arch/m68k/include/asm/uaccess.h.
I know. That doesn't change that:
a) even getting rid for MMMU && !CPU_HAS_ADDRESS_SPACES requires further
work
b) getting rid of set_fs is possible even for CPU_HAS_ADDRESS_SPACES,
although it requires a lot of work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-05 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-05 5:57 RFC: stop implementing set_fs for m68knommu Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-05 5:57 ` [PATCH] m68knommu: remove set_fs() Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-05 8:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-05 8:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-05 11:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-07-05 11:51 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-07-05 20:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-07-06 4:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-06 18:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-07-07 14:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-07 17:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-07-08 1:39 ` Michael Schmitz
2021-07-08 3:40 ` Michael Schmitz
2021-07-08 4:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-07-08 4:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-08 6:33 ` Michael Schmitz
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