Re: [PATCH] irqchip: gic: Don't complain in gic_get_cpumask() ifUP system

[Stephen Boyd]

On 07/12/13 05:10, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 07/12, Javi Merino wrote:
>> I agree, we should drop the check.  It's annoying in uniprocessors and
>> unlikely to be found in the real world unless your gic entry in the dt
>> is wrong.
>>
> Ok. How about this?

Any comments?

>
> ----8<-----
> Subject: [PATCH v2] irqchip: gic: Don't complain in gic_get_cpumask()
>
> In a uniprocessor implementation the interrupt processor targets
> registers are read-as-zero/write-ignored (RAZ/WI). Unfortunately
> gic_get_cpumask() will print a critical message saying
>
>  GIC CPU mask not found - kernel will fail to boot.
>
> if these registers all read as zero, but there won't actually be
> a problem on uniprocessor systems and the kernel will boot just
> fine. Remove this check because if you're on a multiprocessor
> system it's unlikely to be printed unless your DT is wrong or
> your hardware is broken.
>
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Javi Merino <javi.merino@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> index 19ceaa60..4fbcea9 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> @@ -368,9 +368,6 @@ static u8 gic_get_cpumask(struct gic_chip_data *gic)
>  			break;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!mask)
> -		pr_crit("GIC CPU mask not found - kernel will fail to boot.\n");
> -
>  	return mask;
>  }
>  


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