Re: [PATCH 1/3] MIPS: Introduce set_elf_platform() helper function

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On 04/16/2011 11:29 AM, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
From: Robert Millan<rmh@xxxxxxx>

Replace these sequences:

if (cpu == 0)
	__elf_platform = "foo";

with a trivial inline function.

Signed-off-by: Robert Millan<rmh@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Daney<ddaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee<cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h  |    6 ++++++
  arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c |    6 ++----
  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
index 455c0ac..455da05 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -348,6 +348,12 @@ extern int dump_task_fpu(struct task_struct *, elf_fpregset_t *);
  #define ELF_PLATFORM  __elf_platform
  extern const char *__elf_platform;

+static inline void set_elf_platform(int cpu, const char *plat)
+{
+	if (cpu == 0)
+		__elf_platform = plat;
+}
+

Now I want to NAK it.

This function is only ever used in cpu-probe.c, can't we just put it in there (and then make it non-inline)? The less stuff in elf.h the better.

David Daney


  /*
   * See comments in asm-alpha/elf.h, this is the same thing
   * on the MIPS.
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index f65d4c8..5633ab1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -956,14 +956,12 @@ static inline void cpu_probe_cavium(struct cpuinfo_mips *c, unsigned int cpu)
  		c->cputype = CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON_PLUS;
  		__cpu_name[cpu] = "Cavium Octeon+";
  platform:
-		if (cpu == 0)
-			__elf_platform = "octeon";
+		set_elf_platform(cpu, "octeon");
  		break;
  	case PRID_IMP_CAVIUM_CN63XX:
  		c->cputype = CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON2;
  		__cpu_name[cpu] = "Cavium Octeon II";
-		if (cpu == 0)
-			__elf_platform = "octeon2";
+		set_elf_platform(cpu, "octeon2");
  		break;
  	default:
  		printk(KERN_INFO "Unknown Octeon chip!\n");




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