Testing done by Paul Mackerras has shown that with a modern compiler
there is no negative effect on code generation from enabling
STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS.
So remove the option, and always use the strict type definitions.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 8 ------
arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h | 46 --------------------------------
2 files changed, 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
index 638f9ce740f5..d3fcf7e64e3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ config PPC_WERROR
depends on !PPC_DISABLE_WERROR
default y
-config STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
- bool "Do extra type checking on mm types"
- default n
- help
- This option turns on extra type checking for some mm related types.
-
- If you don't know what this means, say N.
-
config PRINT_STACK_DEPTH
int "Stack depth to print" if DEBUG_KERNEL
default 64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
index 43140f8b0592..1464e74178d8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-types.h
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_TYPES_H
#define _ASM_POWERPC_PGTABLE_TYPES_H
-#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
-/* These are used to make use of C type-checking. */
-
/* PTE level */
typedef struct { pte_basic_t pte; } pte_t;
#define __pte(x) ((pte_t) { (x) })
@@ -48,49 +45,6 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long pgprot; } pgprot_t;
#define pgprot_val(x) ((x).pgprot)
#define __pgprot(x) ((pgprot_t) { (x) })
-#else
-
-/*
- * .. while these make it easier on the compiler
- */
-
-typedef pte_basic_t pte_t;
-#define __pte(x) (x)
-static inline pte_basic_t pte_val(pte_t pte)
-{
- return pte;
-}
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-typedef unsigned long pmd_t;
-#define __pmd(x) (x)
-static inline unsigned long pmd_val(pmd_t pmd)
-{
- return pmd;
-}
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) || !defined(CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES)
-typedef unsigned long pud_t;
-#define __pud(x) (x)
-static inline unsigned long pud_val(pud_t pud)
-{
- return pud;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 || !CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES */
-#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
-
-typedef unsigned long pgd_t;
-#define __pgd(x) (x)
-static inline unsigned long pgd_val(pgd_t pgd)
-{
- return pgd;
-}
-
-typedef unsigned long pgprot_t;
-#define pgprot_val(x) (x)
-#define __pgprot(x) (x)
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS */
/*
* With hash config 64k pages additionally define a bigger "real PTE" type that
* gathers the "second half" part of the PTE for pseudo 64k pages
--
2.5.0
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