Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] Start removing X86_X32_ABI

[Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>]

On 10/15/26 12:47, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Patch #2 prepares the removal of the X32 ABI and has the broader
> reasoning. Patch #1 removes x32 from the selftests because it does not
> have a depends on and assumes x32 to be always available on x64 and so
> it breaks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> ---
> v4…v5: https://patch.msgid.link/20261008-x32_removal-v4-0-d389a193c506@breakpoint.cc
>    - reword commit message for #2 as requested by hpa to state that this
>      is the last warning.
> 
> v3…v4: https://patch.msgid.link/20260813-x32_removal-v3-0-e8f96cd15478@linutronix.de
>    - Depend on BROKEN instead of removing it.
> 
> v2…v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707212252.bYk3-AlU@linutronix.de
>    - added a nolibc-selftests patch to not break it in their setup since
>      it does not depend on the symbol.
> 
> v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260523093734.A3AR7reJ@linutronix.de
>    - reworded commit message
> 
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
> Cc: Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
> Cc: Justin Stitt <justinstitt@google.com>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Neal Gompa <neal@gompa.dev>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> Cc: Tomas Glozar <tglozar@kernel.org>
> Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> To: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
> 
> ---
> Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (1):
>        x86: Start removing X86_X32_ABI
> 
> Thomas Weißschuh (1):
>        selftests/nolibc: remove the x32 testcase
> 
>   arch/x86/Kconfig                               | 2 +-
>   tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile.nolibc | 6 ------
>   tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run-tests.sh    | 7 +------
>   3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> ---

For selftests:

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>

Do you plan to cleanup x32 checks from selftests/x86 Makefiles?

thanks,
-- Shuah