On Wednesday 03 February 2016 17:39:46 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 02:21:48PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > arch/alpha/include/asm/page.h > > arch/arc/include/asm/page.h > > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level-types.h > > arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-types.h > > arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h > > arch/parisc/include/asm/page.h > > arch/powerpc/include/asm/page.h > > arch/sparc/include/asm/page_32.h > > arch/sparc/include/asm/page_64.h > > For the sparc32 case we use the simpler variants. > According to the comment this is due to limitation in > the way we pass arguments in the sparc32 ABI. > But I have not tried to compare a kernel for sparc32 with > and without the use of structs. > > For sparc64 we use the stricter types (structs). > I did not check other architectures - but just wanted to > tell that the right choice may be architecture dependent. > I see. I was assuming that they all (wrongly) default to the simple definitions. It seems we have these categories: * both defined, but using strict: arch/alpha/include/asm/page.h:#define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/sparc/include/asm/page_64.h:#define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/ia64/include/asm/page.h:# define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/parisc/include/asm/page.h:#define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS * both defined, but using non-strict: arch/arc/include/asm/page.h:#undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level-types.h:#undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level-types.h:#undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-types.h:#undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS arch/sparc/include/asm/page_32.h:/* #define STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS */ arch/unicore32/include/asm/page.h:#undef STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS * Kconfig option: arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug:config STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS default n * only strict defined: everything else Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
