linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/13] Move bp_type_idx to kernel/event/hw

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Message-ID: <20151104122151.GB11639@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 13:21:51 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] Move bp_type_idx to kernel/event/hw_breakpoint.c

On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 12:41:06PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 11:46:30AM -0800, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> > This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.
> > 
> > The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
> > to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
> > there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@...s.berkeley.edu>
> > Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
> 
> Assuming you want to keep all these patches together in a tree or so.
> Let me know if you want me to take this patch.
> 
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Ah, build-bot finds your change is broken and you didn't grep right. It
is used in more places.

How about moving it to include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h, instead of having
it in the uapi crud?
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