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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:30:49 +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>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi: update install list after nvme.h rename

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On 01/14/2016, 09:26 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 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 ?

^^^^^

You have Fengguang's 0-day build robot on your mind? (CCed)

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


- -- 
js
suse labs
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