linux-kernel - Re: [tip:locking/core] locking/atomics: Simplify the op definitions in atomic.h some more

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Date:   Tue, 15 May 2018 21:39:52 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:locking/core] locking/atomics: Simplify the op definitions
 in atomic.h some more

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:52:17AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>   (b) if at all possible, please aim to make "git grep" find the stuff that
> is generated?

The easiest way to make that happen is to just commit the generated
headers instead of generating them each build.

This would mean moving them to include/linux/atomic-gen-*.h or somesuch,
instead of using include/generated/.

I don't expect they'll change often anyway (famous last words).