[PATCH v2] arm64/Kconfig: Drop EXECMEM dependency from ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Wed Dec 11 13:43:39 PST 2024


On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 10:02:57AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE indicates subscribing platform's preference for
> EXECMEM late initialisation without creating a new dependency. Hence this
> just drops EXECMEM dependency while selecting ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE.
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-mm at kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
> ---
> This patch applies on v6.13-rc1
> 
> Changes in V2:
> 
> - Dropped generic EXECMEM config changes per Catalin
> - Updated the commit message as required
> 
> Changes in V1:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241209031251.515903-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
> 
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index b5479c8b454c..b146372bc365 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ config ARM64
>  	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
>  	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
>  	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
> -	select ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE if EXECMEM
> +	select ARCH_WANTS_EXECMEM_LATE
>  	select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
>  	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if ARM64_4K_PAGES
>  	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN

tbh, I really don't see what we gain from this change but it also
looks harmless. *shrug* I guess I can pick it up.

Will



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