linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] byteorder: remove direct includes of linux/byteorder/swab[b].h

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Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:37:27 -0700
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, paulmck@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] byteorder: remove direct includes of
 linux/byteorder/swab[b].h

On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 13:15 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:23:38 -0700
> Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > A consolidated implementation will provide this generically through
> > asm/byteorder, remove direct includes to avoid breakage when the
> > changeover to the new implementation occurs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Andrew, this hunk seems to have been lost when you sent it to Linus, it's possible
> > you applied this on top of the -next tree where this file has moved, but the tests
> > tree hasn't been pulled yet.
> > 
> > The rest of the patch went into mainline as 1d8cca44b6a244b7e378546d719041819049a0f9
> > 
> 
> Grump.  It happens sometimes.  People putting stuff into linux-next and
> then not merging it into the next kernel.
> 
> Should this be linux/byteorder.h?  (Which weirdly doesn't include
> asm/byteorder.h).

As the implementations all used to live in asm/byteorder.h before
consolidating, it needs to be asm until all arches convert.  At that
time we can do the flip and let linux/ be directly includable.

Harvey


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