Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 33/46] MIPS: Workaround GCC __builtin_unreachable reordering bug

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On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 09:36:30AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
On 10/25/18, Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:10:40AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
From: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
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 arch/mips/Kconfig                |  1 +
 arch/mips/include/asm/compiler.h | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)

In principle I'm fine with backporting this - it does fix broken builds.

It's only going to be of any use though if you also backport commit
04f264d3a8b0 ("compiler.h: Allow arch-specific asm/compiler.h"). I'd
recommend backporting both or neither.

In practice I think it's unlikely anyone will need a microMIPS kernel &
be tied to the particular versions affected by the bug this patch fixed,
so I don't think it's a problem to backport neither.

I think the current practice of the stable kernel these days is to take
both patches in this case: They fix an actual bug in the mainline kernel,
and it seems unlikely enough that they cause a regression if backported,
so putting them into 4.14 has more advantages than disadvantages.

I'll take both, thank you!

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Thanks,
Sasha



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