linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] s390: squash facilities_src.h into gen

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:50:05 +0100
From:   Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:     Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Sascha Silbe <silbe@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] s390: squash facilities_src.h into gen_facilities.c

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016 08:03:22 +0100
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 12:45:28PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > We generally expect headers in arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm directory
> > are included from kernel sources, but facilities_src.h is not;
> > it is included from the arch/s390/tools/gen_facilities.c tool.
> > 
> > There is no reason to expose this header to the public include path.
> > Furthermore, facilities_src.h makes sure to be included only from
> > gen_facilities.c by the following:
> > 
> >   #ifndef S390_GEN_FACILITIES_C
> >   #error "This file can only be included by gen_facilities.c"
> >   #endif
> > 
> > This check can be removed by merging the two files.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> > ---
> 
> Both patches:
> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> 
> Martin, can you please pick them up?

I will add these two patches to the merge branch for 4.10.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.