Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread Nicholas Krause
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:42 AM, John David Anglin  wrote:
> On 24-Sep-14, at 7:42 AM, nick wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:

 This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
 for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
 and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
 for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
 hints.

>>>
>>> "* const" tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
>>> It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
>>> as DP-relative.
>>>
>>> FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
>>> not treat this data as DP-relative.
>>>
>>> Can you please stop this ?
>>>
>>> Guenter
>>>
 Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause 
 ---
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

 diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 index 0bef864..668102e 100644
 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
 static void __init gateway_init(void)
 {
 unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
 -   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
 extern void * const linux_gateway_page;

 @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk,
 struct mm_struct *mm)
 unsigned long start_pte;
 unsigned long address;
 unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
 -   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
 extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;

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>> Guenter,
>> I asked the maintainers and I got,
>> On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
>>>
>>> The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read "HINT:" or
>>> something like that.
>>> Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
>>> will produce the correct code later on.
>>> There is nothing you could try to "fix".
>>
>> Why not just remove "FIXME: " from these comments?
>
>
>
> The wording of the comment is not good.  You can't "trick" the compiler into
> not
> treating a constant as DP-relative data.  Whether or not a constant is
> loaded as an
> immediate depends on its value.
>
> Dave
> --
> John David Anglin   dave.ang...@bell.net
>
>
>
Are stating I need to change the wording of  my commit or the comment?
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread John David Anglin

On 24-Sep-14, at 7:42 AM, nick wrote:




On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:

This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
hints.



"* const" tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
as DP-relative.

FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
not treat this data as DP-relative.

Can you please stop this ?

Guenter


Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause 
---
arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 0bef864..668102e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
static void __init gateway_init(void)
{
unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const linux_gateway_page;

@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk,  
struct mm_struct *mm)

unsigned long start_pte;
unsigned long address;
unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;

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Guenter,
I asked the maintainers and I got,
On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read "HINT:" or  
something like that.

Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
will produce the correct code later on.
There is nothing you could try to "fix".

Why not just remove "FIXME: " from these comments?



The wording of the comment is not good.  You can't "trick" the  
compiler into not
treating a constant as DP-relative data.  Whether or not a constant is  
loaded as an

immediate depends on its value.

Dave
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread nick


On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
>> This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
>> for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
>> and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
>> for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
>> hints.
>>
> 
> "* const" tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
> It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
> as DP-relative.
> 
> FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
> not treat this data as DP-relative.
> 
> Can you please stop this ?
> 
> Guenter
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause 
>> ---
>>  arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
>> index 0bef864..668102e 100644
>> --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
>> +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
>> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
>>  static void __init gateway_init(void)
>>  {
>>  unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
>> -/* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>> +/* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>> into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
>>  extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
>>  
>> @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
>> mm_struct *mm)
>>  unsigned long start_pte;
>>  unsigned long address;
>>  unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
>> -/* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>> +/* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>> into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
>>  extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
>>  
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
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Guenter,
I asked the maintainers and I got, 
On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
> The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read "HINT:" or something 
> like that.
> Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
> will produce the correct code later on.
> There is nothing you could try to "fix".
Why not just remove "FIXME: " from these comments?

Dave
As the reply.
Cheers Nick 
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread nick


On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
 On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
 This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
 for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
 and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
 for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
 hints.

 
 * const tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
 It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
 as DP-relative.
 
 FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
 not treat this data as DP-relative.
 
 Can you please stop this ?
 
 Guenter
 
 Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause yoc...@gmail.com
 ---
  arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

 diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 index 0bef864..668102e 100644
 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
  static void __init gateway_init(void)
  {
  unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
 -/* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +/* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
  extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
  
 @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
 mm_struct *mm)
  unsigned long start_pte;
  unsigned long address;
  unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
 -/* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +/* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
  extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
  
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Guenter,
I asked the maintainers and I got, 
On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
 The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read HINT: or something 
 like that.
 Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
 will produce the correct code later on.
 There is nothing you could try to fix.
Why not just remove FIXME:  from these comments?

Dave
As the reply.
Cheers Nick 
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread John David Anglin

On 24-Sep-14, at 7:42 AM, nick wrote:




On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:

This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
hints.



* const tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
as DP-relative.

FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
not treat this data as DP-relative.

Can you please stop this ?

Guenter


Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause yoc...@gmail.com
---
arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 0bef864..668102e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
static void __init gateway_init(void)
{
unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const linux_gateway_page;

@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk,  
struct mm_struct *mm)

unsigned long start_pte;
unsigned long address;
unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;

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Guenter,
I asked the maintainers and I got,
On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read HINT: or  
something like that.

Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
will produce the correct code later on.
There is nothing you could try to fix.

Why not just remove FIXME:  from these comments?



The wording of the comment is not good.  You can't trick the  
compiler into not
treating a constant as DP-relative data.  Whether or not a constant is  
loaded as an

immediate depends on its value.

Dave
--
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-24 Thread Nicholas Krause
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 8:42 AM, John David Anglin dave.ang...@bell.net wrote:
 On 24-Sep-14, at 7:42 AM, nick wrote:



 On 14-09-24 01:30 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote:

 On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:

 This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
 for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
 and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
 for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
 hints.


 * const tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
 It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
 as DP-relative.

 FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
 not treat this data as DP-relative.

 Can you please stop this ?

 Guenter

 Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause yoc...@gmail.com
 ---
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

 diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 index 0bef864..668102e 100644
 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
 static void __init gateway_init(void)
 {
 unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
 -   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
 extern void * const linux_gateway_page;

 @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk,
 struct mm_struct *mm)
 unsigned long start_pte;
 unsigned long address;
 unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
 -   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 +   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
 extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;

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 Guenter,
 I asked the maintainers and I got,
 On 9/23/2014 4:48 PM, Helge Deller wrote:

 The FIXME: is misleading. It should maybe better read HINT: or
 something like that.
 Trivially it's basically just casting the symbol so that the compiler
 will produce the correct code later on.
 There is nothing you could try to fix.

 Why not just remove FIXME:  from these comments?



 The wording of the comment is not good.  You can't trick the compiler into
 not
 treating a constant as DP-relative data.  Whether or not a constant is
 loaded as an
 immediate depends on its value.

 Dave
 --
 John David Anglin   dave.ang...@bell.net



Are stating I need to change the wording of  my commit or the comment?
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-23 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
> for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
> and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
> for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
> hints.
> 

"* const" tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
as DP-relative.

FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
not treat this data as DP-relative.

Can you please stop this ?

Guenter

> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause 
> ---
>  arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
> index 0bef864..668102e 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
> @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
>  static void __init gateway_init(void)
>  {
>   unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
> - /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
> + /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>  into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
>   extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
>  
> @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
> mm_struct *mm)
>   unsigned long start_pte;
>   unsigned long address;
>   unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
> - /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
> + /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
>  into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
>   extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
>  
> -- 
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[PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-23 Thread Nicholas Krause
This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
hints.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause 
---
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 0bef864..668102e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
 static void __init gateway_init(void)
 {
unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
 
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
mm_struct *mm)
unsigned long start_pte;
unsigned long address;
unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
 
-- 
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[PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-23 Thread Nicholas Krause
This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
hints.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause yoc...@gmail.com
---
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
index 0bef864..668102e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
 static void __init gateway_init(void)
 {
unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
 
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
mm_struct *mm)
unsigned long start_pte;
unsigned long address;
unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
-   /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
+   /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
   into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
 
-- 
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Re: [PATCH] parisc:Remove unnecessary FIXMES in init.c

2014-09-23 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 09:49:43PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
 This removes the two fixmes in the file, init.c for compiler hints
 for comments related to compiler hints in linux_gateway_page_addr
 and map_hpux_gateway_page to change from FIXME to HINT in order
 for people reading this code to understand that these are compiler
 hints.
 

* const tells the compiler that a pointer is a constant.
It doesn't tell the compiler that the data shall not be treated
as DP-relative.

FIXME as in: We should find a better way to tell the compiler to
not treat this data as DP-relative.

Can you please stop this ?

Guenter

 Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause yoc...@gmail.com
 ---
  arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 4 ++--
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 index 0bef864..668102e 100644
 --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
 @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ static void __init pagetable_init(void)
  static void __init gateway_init(void)
  {
   unsigned long linux_gateway_page_addr;
 - /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 + /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
  into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
   extern void * const linux_gateway_page;
  
 @@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ map_hpux_gateway_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct 
 mm_struct *mm)
   unsigned long start_pte;
   unsigned long address;
   unsigned long hpux_gw_page_addr;
 - /* FIXME: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
 + /* HINT: This is 'const' in order to trick the compiler
  into not treating it as DP-relative data. */
   extern void * const hpux_gateway_page;
  
 -- 
 1.9.1
 
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