linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 6/6] mailbox: move the internal definitions into a private file

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Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:15:59 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, s-anna@...com, tony@...mide.com,
	omar.ramirez@...itl.com, loic.pallardy@...com,
	lftan.linux@...il.com, slapdau@...oo.com.au,
	courtney.cavin@...ymobile.com, rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 6/6] mailbox: move the internal definitions into a
 private file

On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:57:02PM +0530, Jassi Brar wrote:
> From: Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
> 
> This is needed for extracting the omap_mbox. The OMAP mailbox
> code has a need for exporting some pre-existing API to not
> break the current clients.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
> ---

You don't agree with this patch and sign off on it?

>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c          | 62 +-----------------------------
>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h

Why not just do this in the first patch(s)?  Why wait for later in the
series to "fix" things up?

thanks,

greg k-h
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