Re: [PATCH 2/4] mips: cm: Add CM GCR and L2-sync base address getters declarations

[Thomas Bogendoerfer]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 08:17:27PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> Based on the design pattern utilized in the CM GCR and L2-sync base
> address getters implementation the platform-specific code is capable to
> re-define the getters and re-use the weakly defined initial versions. But
> since the re-definition is supposed to be done in another source file the
> interface methods have been globally defined which in its turn causes the
> "no previous prototype" warning printed should the re-definition is
> finally introduced. Since without the global declarations the pattern can
> be considered as incomplete and causing the warning printed, fix it by
> providing the respective methods prototype declarations in
> "arch/mips/include/asm/mips-cm.h".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> Note as I mentioned in the previous patch, since the weak implementation
> of the getters isn't utilized other than as a default implementation of
> the original methods, we can convert the denoted pattern to a simple
> __weak attributed methods. Let me know if that would be more preferable.

how about simply remove __mips_cm_l2sync_phys_base() and do everything
via mips_cm_phys_base(). And at the moment without anyone overriding
mips_cm_phys_base I tend to keep static without __weak. If someone
needs, we can change it. Does this make sense ?

Thomas.

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