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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] x86/mm: Check if PTRS_PER_PMD is defined before use
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:59:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <76b8174e-3c4c-4db4-83d0-aa8d241c7afe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250224173940.219820-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

On 2/24/25 09:39, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> Compiler is not happy about PTRS_PER_PMD being undefined
> 
> In file included from arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S:29:
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h:59:5: error: "PTRS_PER_PMD" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Werror=undef]
>    59 | #if PTRS_PER_PMD > 1
> 
> Add a check to make sure PTRS_PER_PMD is defined before use.

Hi Andy,

From reading the "Closes:" link, it appears this is a new issue that
originates from a new compile flag. So it doesn't seem like it's worth
backporting.

Also, the _behavior_ of "#if PTRS_PER_PMD > 1" was fine, right? It
didn't cause the logic to go backwards from what was intended, does it?

This:

	https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.2/cpp_4.html

says: "Identifiers that are not macros, which are all considered to be
the number zero."

Which would yield the correct behavior.

So I think this is purely a fix for new warning in new kernels. We
shouldn't need to backport this anywhere at all.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-02-24 17:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-24 17:39 [PATCH v1 1/1] x86/mm: Check if PTRS_PER_PMD is defined before use Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 17:59 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2025-02-24 18:11   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-02-24 18:37     ` Dave Hansen
2025-02-24 20:36       ` Andy Shevchenko

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