Hi Conor,
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 12:05 PM <Conor.Dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/08/2022 10:36, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 1:36 PM Conor Dooley <mail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> arch/microblaze/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
> >> arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h | 1 +
> >> arch/s390/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
> >> arch/sh/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
> >> arch/sparc/include/asm/cpudata.h | 3 +--
> >> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
> >> include/asm-generic/processor.h | 7 +++++++
> >> 7 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >> create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/processor.h
> >
> > I was a bit surprised not to find fs/proc/cpuinfo.c in the diffstat
> > above. That file already has an external declaration for cpuinfo_op,
> > and uses it rather unconditionally (that is, if CONFIG_PROC_FS=y)
> > on all architectures.
> >
> > So I think you can just move that to include/linux/processor.h, include
> > the latter everywhere, and drop all architecture-specific copies.
>
> This is the sort of thing I was really hoping to hear, so fine by
> me.. When you say "everywhere", I assume you mean in every arch
> and not just the ones listed here that already have it in an arch
> specific header?
Yes, above every user, to silence the sparse "foo was not
declared. Should it be static?" warnings.
Thanks!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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