Re: [PATCH v2] comedi: Flush partial mappings in error case

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17/10/2024 10:29, Ian Abbott wrote:
> > On 16/10/2024 23:05, Jann Horn wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> [auto build test ERROR on 6485cf5ea253d40d507cd71253c9568c5470cd27]
> >>>
> >>> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Jann-Horn/
> >>> comedi-Flush-partial-mappings-in-error-case/20241016-022809
> >>> base:   6485cf5ea253d40d507cd71253c9568c5470cd27
> >>> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241015-comedi-tlb-v2-1-
> >>> cafb0e27dd9a%40google.com
> >>> patch subject: [PATCH v2] comedi: Flush partial mappings in error case
> >>> config: arm-randconfig-004-20241016 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/
> >>> archive/20241017/202410170111.K30oyTWa-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
> >>> compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 14.1.0
> >>> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/
> >>> archive/20241017/202410170111.K30oyTWa-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)
> >>>
> >>> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new
> >>> version of
> >>> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> >>> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-
> >>> all/202410170111.K30oyTWa-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> >>>
> >>> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >>>
> >>>     arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.o: in function
> >>> `comedi_mmap':
> >>>>> comedi_fops.c:(.text+0x4be): undefined reference to `zap_vma_ptes'
> >>
> >> Ugh, this one is from a nommu build ("# CONFIG_MMU is not set"), it
> >> makes sense that you can't zap PTEs when you don't have any PTEs at
> >> all... what really impresses me about this is that the rest of the
> >> code compiles on nommu. I'm pretty sure this codepath wouldn't
> >> actually _work_ on nommu, but apparently compiling it works?
> >>
> >> I don't know what the right fix is here - should the entire comedi
> >> driver be gated on CONFIG_MMU, or only a subset of the mmap handler,
> >> or something else?
> >
> > Given that it would also affect a lot of fbdev drivers that would also
> > benefit from zapping partial mappings, I suggest that gating on
> > CONFIG_MMU would not be the correct fix.
>
> Perhaps just add an #ifdef CONFIG_MMU around the affected call for now?

Sure, I guess that works, though it's not particularly pretty.
(And this codepath looks like it won't really work on nommu either way...)

I'll change it that way for now.





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