linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uapi: update install list after nvme.h rename

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:26:15 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de, keith.busch@...el.com,
	axboe@...com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Michal Marek <MMarek@...e.com>,
	Kernel Build Daemon <kbuild@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi: update install list after nvme.h rename

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On 01/14/2016, 02:17 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 12 Jan 2016 09:45, Jiri Slaby wrote:
>> On 01/11/2016, 02:14 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> Commit 9d99a8dda154 ("nvme: move hardware structures out of the
>>> uapi version of nvme.h") renamed nvme.h to nvme_ioctl.h, but
>>> the uapi list still refers to nvme.h.  People trying to install
>>> the headers hit a failure as the header no longer exists.
>> 
>> Wouldn't reverting the rename be nicer to userspace? So that the 
>> filename is preserved and anybody who #included nvme.h still can
>> do so?
> 
> i have no opinion on either route
> 
> on a related note, shouldn't headers install be part of the
> automatic kernel checks that are run against repos on kernel.org ?
> who runs that thing ?

I have been thinking about at least 'test -f' for all 'headers-y'
during make all. What do you think, Michal?

thanks,
- -- 
js
suse labs
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