[PATCH v4] arch/powerpc/kvm: kvmppc_hv_entry: remove .global scope

[Kautuk Consul]

On 2023-03-27 20:30:02, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 8:04 PM AEST, Kautuk Consul wrote:
> > kvmppc_hv_entry isn't called from anywhere other than
> > book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S itself. Removing .global scope for
> > this function and annotating it with SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL
> > and SYM_CODE_END.
> 
> Does removing .global introduce the objtool warning, or was it already
> present? Just trying to understand if this is two changes or one (not
> that it really matters, maybe just for the purpose of the changelog).
Yes. Just removing .global introduces the objtool warning.
> 
> Since the patch only touches KVM, subject should follow arch/powerpc/kvm
> convention, which is not the same as the rest of arch/powerpc. KVM: PPC:
> Book3S HV:
Okay. Do you need me to send another patch in "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV:"
format ?
> 
> Otherwise seems okay
> 
> Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
Thank you!
> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <kconsul at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > index acf80915f406..0a9781192b86 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > @@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
> >   *                                                                            *
> >   *****************************************************************************/
> >  
> > -.global kvmppc_hv_entry
> > -kvmppc_hv_entry:
> > +SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(kvmppc_hv_entry)
> >  
> >  	/* Required state:
> >  	 *
> > @@ -940,6 +939,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_HAS_PPR)
> >  	ld	r4, VCPU_GPR(R4)(r4)
> >  	HRFI_TO_GUEST
> >  	b	.
> > +SYM_CODE_END(kvmppc_hv_entry)
> >  
> >  secondary_too_late:
> >  	li	r12, 0
> > -- 
> > 2.39.2
>