linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/18] tools include uapi: Grab a copy of linux/vhost.h

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 15:32:08 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] tools include uapi: Grab a copy of linux/vhost.h

Em Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 06:44:14PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin escreveu:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 11:18:37AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 12:19:18AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin escreveu:
> > > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 04:56:43PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > > We will use it to generate tables for beautifying ioctl's 'cmd' arg.

> > > Is this what tools/perf always does? Isn't there a way
> > > to reuse the single header?

> > So, that is how we did it at first, we tried to use files from the
> > kernel from tools/ directly, and it worked most of the time.

> > Shortest summary: We don't want to add to the workload of kernel
> > developers, they don't have to care about tools/, if they don't want to.
 
> OK then, thanks for the explanation.

But if you want to, feel right at home! 8-)

- Arnaldo