linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] kbuild

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Message-ID: <20090420044551.GB8494@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:45:51 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT] kbuild

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 03:49:54AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 02:41:58AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 05:52:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > You will soon see a path from me where I fix sh too.
> > > 
> > > Can we do a global 'sed s:asm/asm-offsets.h:generated/asm-offsets.h:g' 
> > > thing too? And then get rid of the include/asm symlink?
> > > 
> > > That asm-offsets.h mess is scary. I don't quite know why kvm on ia64 seems 
> > > to do it's own asm-offsets.h file, for example. And arch/blackfin/Makefile 
> > > mentions arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/asm-offsets.h (but does it actually do 
> > > one?).
> > 
> > We'll need to update uml as well (contents of shared/kern_constants.h)
> 
> BTW, while we are at it...  There's a way to deal with arch/um without
> that kind of contortions, provided that we are willing to use -idirafter.
For kernel proper the use of -idirafter would be confusing.
But for um alone we should be safe provided it is properly commented.

I have already fixed um the obvious way for asm-offsets in my local tree.
But if you prefer I can add a -dirafter based patch before the "move
asm-offsets.h to incldue/generated" patch.

	Sam
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