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From: Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:11:45 +1200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] xtensa: remove redundant flush_dcache_page and
 ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE macros
To: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>, chris@zankel.net, akpm@linux-foundation.org, 
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, willy@infradead.org, dennis@kernel.org, 
	alexghiti@rivosinc.com, Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>, 
	Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>, 
	kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 5:10=E2=80=AFPM Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> w=
rote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 12:05=E2=80=AFPM Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.ne=
t> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 02:09:20PM +1300, Barry Song wrote:
> > > From: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> > >
> > > xtensa's flush_dcache_page() can be a no-op sometimes. There is a
> > > generic implementation for this case in include/asm-generic/
> > > cacheflush.h.
> > >  #ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
> > >  static inline void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> > >  {
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  #define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 0
> > >  #endif
> > >
> > > So remove the superfluous flush_dcache_page() definition, which also
> > > helps silence potential build warnings complaining the page variable
> > > passed to flush_dcache_page() is not used.
> > >
> > >    In file included from crypto/scompress.c:12:
> > >    include/crypto/scatterwalk.h: In function 'scatterwalk_pagedone':
> > >    include/crypto/scatterwalk.h:76:30: warning: variable 'page' set b=
ut not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> > >       76 |                 struct page *page;
> > >          |                              ^~~~
> > >    crypto/scompress.c: In function 'scomp_acomp_comp_decomp':
> > > >> crypto/scompress.c:174:38: warning: unused variable 'dst_page' [-W=
unused-variable]
> > >      174 |                         struct page *dst_page =3D sg_page(=
req->dst);
> > >          |
> > >
> > > The issue was originally reported on LoongArch by kernel test
> > > robot (Huacai fixed it on LoongArch), then reported by Guenter
> > > and me on xtensa.
> > >
> > > This patch also removes lots of redundant macros which have
> > > been defined by asm-generic/cacheflush.h.
> > >
> > > Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@loongson.cn>
> > > Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202403091614.NeUw5zcv-l=
kp@intel.com/
> > > Reported-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGsJ_4yDk1+axbte7FKQEwD7X2oxUCFr=
Ec9M5YOS1BobfDFXPA@mail.gmail.com/
> > > Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aaa8b7d7-5abe-47bf-93f6-407942436=
472@roeck-us.net/
> > > Fixes: 77292bb8ca69 ("crypto: scomp - remove memcpy if sg_nents is 1 =
and pages are lowmem")
> > > Signed-off-by: Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>
> >
> > The mainline kernel still fails to build xtensa:allmodconfig.
> >
> > Building xtensa:allmodconfig ... failed
> > --------------
> > Error log:
> > crypto/scompress.c: In function 'scomp_acomp_comp_decomp':
> > crypto/scompress.c:174:38: error: unused variable 'dst_page' [-Werror=
=3Dunused-variable]
> >   174 |                         struct page *dst_page =3D sg_page(req->=
dst);
> >
> > This patch fixes the problem. Is there a chance to get it applied to th=
e
> > upstream kernel, or should I just stop build testing xtensa:allmodconfi=
g ?
>
> Applied to my xtensa tree.

Thanks for taking care of this, Max!

> I was still hoping to see rationale for why this is a useful warning.

Personally, I think the reason is quite obvious.

This warning serves as a valuable alert, highlighting an issue where Xtensa
fails to properly implement flush_dcache_page(). The problem lies in a macr=
o
definition that neglects to evaluate its argument. Such discrepancies can
impact driver functionality across various architectures, rendering them
independent of specific architectural considerations.

>
> --
> Thanks.
> -- Max

Thanks
Barry