linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] um: Use generic io.h

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Message-ID: <4F26F640.2050602@nod.at>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:57:52 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] um: Use generic io.h

Am 30.01.2012 20:32, schrieb Al Viro:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:25:52PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
>
>> While we are at it, param.h and pci.h appear to be candidates for the
>> same treatment, along with delay.h and auxvec.h.  mutex.h as well...
>> BTW, we probably can kill arch/um/include/asm/asm-offsets.h - everything
>> in there is using generated/asm-offsets.h directly.
>>
>> FWIW, I'd probably kill current.h as well - replace get_current() in
>> arch/um/kernel/process.c with get_current_pid() (i.e. task_pid_nr(current)),
>> kill HOST_TASK_PID and switch arch/x86/um/bugs_32.c to use of get_current_pid()
>> and we can switch to asm-generic/current.h just fine.
>
> BTW, while looking at those headers - why do we need asm/user.h pulled from
> arch/um/include/asm/ptrace-generic.h?

Hmmm, looks like a relict.
Let's remove it.

Thanks,
//richard

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