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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 15/18] sparc64: remove CONFIG_SET_FS support
Hi Arnd.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 02:13:29PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> sparc64 uses address space identifiers to differentiate between kernel
> and user space, using ASI_P for kernel threads but ASI_AIUS for normal
> user space, with the option of changing between them.
>
> As nothing really changes the ASI any more, just hardcode ASI_AIUS
> everywhere. Kernel threads are not allowed to access __user pointers
> anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> arch/sparc/include/asm/processor_64.h | 4 ----
> arch/sparc/include/asm/switch_to_64.h | 4 +---
> arch/sparc/include/asm/thread_info_64.h | 4 +---
> arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 20 +-------------------
> arch/sparc/kernel/process_64.c | 12 ------------
> arch/sparc/kernel/traps_64.c | 2 --
> arch/sparc/lib/NGmemcpy.S | 3 +--
> arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c | 7 ++++---
> 8 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

I think you somehow missed the Kconfig change, and also the related
sparc32 change which continue to have set_fs() after this patch.


I did not manage to review the patch - as I am too unfamiliar with the
code paths and the set_fs() removal changes.

Sam

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