Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "MIPS: make CAC_ADDR and UNCAC_ADDR account for PHYS_OFFSET"

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On 26 June 2013 15:52, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:36:30AM -0500, Steven J. Hill wrote:
>
>> From: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This reverts commit 3f4579252aa166641861a64f1c2883365ca126c2. It is
>> invalid because the macros CAC_ADDR and UNCAC_ADDR have a kernel
>> virtual address as an argument and also returns a kernel virtual
>> address. Using and physical address PHYS_OFFSET is blatantly wrong
>> for a macro common to multiple platforms.
>
> While the patch itself is looking sane at a glance, I'm wondering if this
> is fixing any actual bug or is just the result of a code review?
>
>   Ralf
>

I am afraid this commit[1] broke the build in
upstream-sfr/mips-for-linux-next with errors like this

arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic/spaces.h:29:0: warning:
"UNCAC_BASE" redefined [enabled by default]
In file included from arch/mips/include/asm/addrspace.h:13:0,
                 from arch/mips/include/asm/barrier.h:11,
                 from arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h:18,
                 from include/linux/bitops.h:22,
                 from include/linux/kernel.h:10,
                 from include/asm-generic/bug.h:13,
                 from arch/mips/include/asm/bug.h:41,
                 from include/linux/bug.h:4,
                 from include/linux/page-flags.h:9,
                 from kernel/bounds.c:9:
arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar7/spaces.h:20:0: note: this is the
location of the previous definition

[1]: http://git.linux-mips.org/?p=ralf/upstream-sfr.git;a=commit;h=ed3ce16c3d2ba7cac321d29ec0a7d21408ea8437

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Regards,
Markos Chandras


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