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SubjectRe: linux-4.20-rc1/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c:576: possible cut'n'paste error
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On 06/11/18 16:39, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 04:29:54PM +0000, Julien Thierry wrote:
>> Hi Russel, David,
>>
>> On 06/11/18 16:20, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 01:53:13PM +0000, David Binderman wrote:
>>>> Hello there,
>>>>
>>>> 2nd try. Plain text might help.
>>>
>>> Yep, Linux kernel development generally doesn't like wasteful html
>>> emails, sorry.
>>>
>>>> linux-4.20-rc1/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c:576]: (warning) Redundant assignment of 'ufp_exc->fpinst2' to itself.
>>>>
>>>> Source code is
>>>>
>>>>        ufp_exc->fpexc = hwstate->fpexc;
>>>>        ufp_exc->fpinst = hwstate->fpinst;
>>>>        ufp_exc->fpinst2 = ufp_exc->fpinst2;
>>>
>>> Thanks for the report - it most certainly is a bug introduced by
>>> Julien's patches, but I don't get your warning here. Which compiler
>>> produces that warning?
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm, silly typo/copy-paste from my end. Last line should be:
>>
>> ufp_exc->fpinst2 = hwstate->fpinst2;
>>
>> Sorry about that.
>>
>>> Julien - unfortunately, I've just asked Linus to take another fix
>>> for Spectre, so we're going to have to wait a bit before I can
>>> submit something for this.
>>>
>>
>> It is just a one line fix, should I submit a patch to the LAKML or patch
>> system?
>
> Both I guess.
>
>> Otherwise let me know when is it best for you to receive the fix then to
>> send to Linus.
>
> As mentioned, I'll have to wait a while, it's not fair to send a pull
> request for one patch followed immediately by another pull request for
> another patch on top of the same pull request.
>

Makes sense. I'll send the fix in a short time.

Thanks,

--
Julien Thierry

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