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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
	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>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] x86/reboot: KVM: Guard nmi_shootdown_cpus_on_restart() with ifdeffery
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 15:19:40 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z_UUXOe61BwVkGob@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZykbvVZ32FKCRT_q@smile.fi.intel.com>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 09:08:45PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 02:37:59AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 12:34:37PM -0700, Sean Christopherson kirjoitti:
> > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2024, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > The nmi_shootdown_cpus_on_restart() in some cases may be not used.
> > > > This, in particular, prevents kernel builds with clang, `make W=1`
> > > > and CONFIG_WERROR=y:
> > > > 
> > > > arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c:957:20: error: unused function 'nmi_shootdown_cpus_on_restart' [-Werror,-Wunused-function]
> > > >   957 | static inline void nmi_shootdown_cpus_on_restart(void)
> > > >       |                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > > 
> > > > Fix this by guarging the definitions with the respective KVM ifdeffery.
> > > > 
> > > > See also commit 6863f5643dd7 ("kbuild: allow Clang to find unused static
> > > > inline functions for W=1 build").
> > 
> > > Heh, I tried fixing this too, and have patches to clean things up, but I ended up
> > > not posting them because I decided the W=1 warning was less ugly than the resulting
> > > code in nmi_shootdown_cpus().
> > 
> > CONFIG_WERROR=y is the default (at least in the current defconfigs for x86).
> > My goal is to match what ARM builds survive (to some extend?), i.e. W=1, so
> > may one apply either version I provided or yours?
> > 
> > > If we're willing to take on a bit of weirdness in nmi_shootdown_cpus(), then much
> > > of the #ifdeffery can go away.  Patches attached (lightly tested).
> 
> So, what's the status either with the proposed change or with what Sean shared?
> Can we somehow move forward to fix the issue?

Any news here? Build error is still reproducible.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2025-04-08 12:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-08 19:14 [PATCH v2 1/1] x86/reboot: KVM: Guard nmi_shootdown_cpus_on_restart() with ifdeffery Andy Shevchenko
2024-10-09 19:34 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-09 23:37   ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-11-04 19:08     ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-08 12:19       ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2025-04-08 14:17         ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-08 14:36           ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-08 14:56             ` Dave Hansen
2025-05-02 14:04               ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-05-02 14:24                 ` Dave Hansen
2025-05-02 14:30                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-05-02 20:59                   ` H. Peter Anvin

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