On Fri, 26 Aug 2022, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 1:43 PM Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm wondering why do the architectures redefine test_bit, if their > > definition is equivalent to the generic one? We could just delete > > arch_test_bit and use "#define arch_test_bit generic_test_bit" as well. > > I think generic_test_bit() came after many of them, and when it > didn't, people copied earlier architectures where they had already > done their own. > > > Another untested patch ... tomorrow, I'll try to compile it, at least for > > architectures where Debian provides cross-compiling gcc. I compile-tested this patch on alpha, s390x, m68k, sh, sparc32, sparc64. So, you can commit it to close these uncompilable-kernel reports. Mikulas
