linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/18] tools lib: Move asm-generic/bitops/find.h code to tools/include and tools/lib

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Message-ID: <20141217140408.GC11607@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:04:08 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] tools lib: Move asm-generic/bitops/find.h code to
 tools/include and tools/lib

Em Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 02:41:16PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 01:57:12PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > +++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
> > @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ tools/lib/traceevent
> >  tools/lib/api
> >  tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
> >  tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.h
> > +tools/lib/util/find_next_bit.c
 
> hum, I had the impression that we will move 'generic' things under 'api' to
> be built separatelly.. so whats the current notion? ;-)
 
> what kind of code belongs to 'lib/api/...' and what to 'lib/...' ?

Well, the reasoning here was that if libkapi is for functions that
provide glue over kernel APIs, which a set of bitmap handling routines
is not, i.e. that is more generic and not strictly related to the
kernel.

- Arnaldo
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