On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 5:00 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 2:44 PM, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> > Sorry for being dense. What tree is this against? I can't find mention >> > of amdcz in Linus's tree nor linux-next. > >> As I watched this email send, I noticed the "3/3" in the Subject. ;) I >> see the amdcz support now. :P >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/LKML/list/?submitter=18441 > >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/serial_8250.h b/include/linux/serial_8250.h >> >> index a27ef5f56431..02570edaddd8 100644 >> >> --- a/include/linux/serial_8250.h >> >> +++ b/include/linux/serial_8250.h >> >> @@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ struct uart_8250_port { >> >> struct uart_8250_em485 *em485; >> >> }; >> >> >> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 >> >> +extern bool serial8250_skip_old_ports; >> >> +#else >> >> +static const bool serial8250_skip_old_ports; >> >> +#endif >> > >> > Where does serial8250_skip_old_ports get used where CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 >> > isn't defined? (i.e. why is the #ifdef needed here?) > >> This question still stands, though. > > From the same patch: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10283641/ > > if (CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE && !CONFIG_SERIAL_8250) > > in other words, if serial ports are disabled, but we still want to parse > the APCI_SPCR_TABLE, which "defaults y if X86". > Perhaps that logic should be changed (no need to parse ACPI SPCR table if > we are going to disable serial anyway)? But won't this break? "static const bool ..." but the code tries to set a value but I'd expect the compiler to still yet about it? I think you could drop the .h #ifdef and use: if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_825) && amdcz_present(...)) { -Kees -- Kees Cook Pixel Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
