linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] minimal alpha pt

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Message-ID: <20061007182708.GB5937@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:27:08 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] minimal alpha pt_regs fixes

On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 11:08:39AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Al Viro wrote:
> >diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/irq_regs.h b/include/asm-alpha/irq_regs.h
> >new file mode 100644
> >index 0000000..3dd9c0b
> >--- /dev/null
> >+++ b/include/asm-alpha/irq_regs.h
> >@@ -0,0 +1 @@
> >+#include <asm-generic/irq_regs.h>
> 
> 
> ACK, of course, but I wonder if we can do something about these 1-line 
> header files.

It would be even more simple and future proof if we could in
some way do it so "#include <foo/bar.h>" would pick up bar.h from
asm-$(ARCH) if it exists and otherwise pick up asm-generic/bar.h.

Then we could include the generic one in asm-generic and
all architectures would include it except those that provide their
own variant. The asm-$(ARCH) specific files would need a way to include
the asm-generic version.

I have no idea handy for how to actually implment this but wanted
just to share the idea.
The trade-off is that if it gets too iplicit then suddenly users will
loose overview of how it works.

	Sam
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