linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 05/26] tools include: Sync math64.h and div64.h

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Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:08:51 -0500
From:	Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>
To:	He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
Cc:	acme@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	jolsa@...hat.com, brendan.d.gregg@...il.com, ast@...nel.org,
	alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, wangnan0@...wei.com,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 05/26] tools include: Sync math64.h and div64.h

On 26 June 2016 at 06:20, He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com> wrote:
> From: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
>
> This patch copies "include/linux/math64.h" into
> "tools/include/linux/math64.h" and copies
> "include/asm-generic/div64.h" into
> "tools/include/asm-generic/div64.h", to enable other libraries use
> arithmetic operation defined in them.

This probably is a newbie question.  What prevents us from using the
header files directly?

--
Nilay