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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2026-08-12 09:47:43 -1000
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2026-08-24 18:43:24 -0700
commitf525001b3309a0decdcdcdaeceafd7ab9dc927fe (patch)
tree1ac4d48fcc9dfe8729ea3a971ea45cfe2be19af9
parentf7e698e326b239a91ea15844817551921209e826 (diff)
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percpu: drop CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
alpha requires percpu variables in modules to be defined as weak so that the compiler generates GOT based external references for them. This puts two extra restrictions on percpu variable definitions. The symbol must be globally unique even when static and a static percpu variable can't be defined inside a function. DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU exists to give generic code build coverage for these restrictions without building for alpha. MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING defines a static percpu counter at each allocation call site and thus can't be built with weak percpu definitions, so it depends on !DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU. As allmodconfig enables DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU, this knocks MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING out of allmodconfig build coverage. allmodconfig coverage for MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING is worth more than build coverage for restrictions which only matter to alpha module builds. Drop DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU. Restriction violations will now show up only on alpha builds. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/178656406317.2437052.7257990869957704195@slm.duckdns.org Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reported-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Acked-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com> [include/rv/da_monitor.h] Cc: Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org> Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/percpu-defs.h7
-rw-r--r--include/rv/da_monitor.h2
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug15
-rw-r--r--mm/Kconfig.debug1
4 files changed, 2 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 2cba7cc2b01f..dbe3267a0a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -65,13 +65,8 @@
*
* Archs which need weak percpu definitions should set
* CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU when necessary.
- *
- * To ensure that the generic code observes the above two
- * restrictions, if CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU is set weak
- * definition is used for all cases.
*/
-#if (defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) && defined(MODULE)) || \
- defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU)
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_MODULE_NEEDS_WEAK_PER_CPU) && defined(MODULE)
/*
* __pcpu_scope_* dummy variable is used to enforce scope. It
* receives the static modifier when it's used in front of
diff --git a/include/rv/da_monitor.h b/include/rv/da_monitor.h
index 34b8fba9ecd4..6b641697106b 100644
--- a/include/rv/da_monitor.h
+++ b/include/rv/da_monitor.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
/*
* Per-cpu variables require a unique name although static in some
- * configurations (e.g. CONFIG_DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU or alpha modules).
+ * configurations (e.g. alpha modules).
*/
#define DA_MON_NAME CONCATENATE(da_mon_, MONITOR_NAME)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b82515cde538..00921b1676e8 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -613,21 +613,6 @@ config BUILTIN_MODULE_RANGES
It also records an anchor symbol to determine the load address of the
section.
-config DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
- bool "Force weak per-cpu definitions"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- help
- s390 and alpha require percpu variables in modules to be
- defined weak to work around addressing range issue which
- puts the following two restrictions on percpu variable
- definitions.
-
- 1. percpu symbols must be unique whether static or not
- 2. percpu variables can't be defined inside a function
-
- To ensure that generic code follows the above rules, this
- option forces all percpu variables to be defined as weak.
-
config WARN_CONTEXT_ANALYSIS
bool "Compiler context-analysis warnings"
depends on CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 230000
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 5737a504efbb..15dca19dd07d 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ config MEM_ALLOC_PROFILING
default n
depends on MMU
depends on PROC_FS
- depends on !DEBUG_FORCE_WEAK_PER_CPU
select CODE_TAGGING
select PAGE_EXTENSION
select SLAB_OBJ_EXT