linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] radix tree test harness

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:20:55 -0500
From:	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] radix tree test harness

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 03:44:38PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/radix-tree.h b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/radix-tree.h
> > new file mode 120000
> > index 0000000..1e6f41f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/radix-tree.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > +../../../../include/linux/radix-tree.h
> > \ No newline at end of file
> 
> glumpf.  My tools have always had trouble with symlinks - patch(1)
> seems to handle them OK but diff(1) screws things up.  I've had one go
> at using git to replace patch/diff but it was a fail.
> 
> Am presently too lazy to have attempt #2 so I think I'll just do
> 
> --- /dev/null
> +++ a/tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/radix-tree.h
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +#include "../../../../include/linux/radix-tree.h"

Fine by me; I wasn't sure whether to do it as an include or a symlink.
I could have gone either way.