Re: linux-4.20-rc1/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c:576: possible cut'n'paste error

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

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.

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