Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/9] Implement kernel live patching for ppc64le (ABIv2)

From: Torsten Duwe <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 10:06:20 +0100

On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 05:24:45PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> [...]
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> > +static inline int klp_check_compiler_support(void)
> > +{
> > +#if !defined(_CALL_ELF) || _CALL_ELF != 2
> 
> I am just curious why we do not check CC_USING_MPROFILE_KERNEL
> like in the other similar locations. It would look less cryptic.
> But I am not sure if it is precise enough.

Because a ppc with a gcc > 4.8.5 is not sufficient. The code
currently only works for the PPC ELF ABI v2, a.k.a. ppc64le.
But now that you say it, CC_USING_MPROFILE_KERNEL should go
into that condition as well. Thanks!

	Torsten