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Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/15] powerpc/watchpoint: Introduce function to get nr
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>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
>> index f2f8d8aa8e3b..741c4f7573c4 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h
>> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ struct arch_hw_breakpoint {
>>   #define DABR_MAX_LEN    8
>>   #define DAWR_MAX_LEN    512
>> +extern int nr_wp_slots(void);
> 
> 'extern' keyword is unneeded and irrelevant here. Please remove it. Even checkpatch is unhappy (https://openpower.xyz/job/snowpatch/job/snowpatch-linux-checkpatch/12172//artifact/linux/checkpatch.log)

Sure.

...
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
>> index 110db94cdf3c..6d4b029532e2 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
>> @@ -835,6 +835,12 @@ static inline bool hw_brk_match(struct arch_hw_breakpoint *a,
>>       return true;
>>   }
>> +/* Returns total number of data breakpoints available. */
>> +int nr_wp_slots(void)
>> +{
>> +    return HBP_NUM_MAX;
>> +}
>> +
> 
> This is not worth a global function. At least it should be a static function located in hw_breakpoint.c. But it would be even better to have it as a static inline in asm/hw_breakpoint.h

Makes sense. Will change it.

Thanks.