linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] include/asm/cmpxchg.h: Remove duplicate header

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Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 07:29:05 +1300
From:   Michael Cree <mcree@...on.net.nz>
To:     Brajeswar Ghosh <brajeswar.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     rth@...ddle.net, ink@...assic.park.msu.ru, mattst88@...il.com,
        parri.andrea@...il.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jrdr.linux@...il.com,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sabyasachi.linux@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include/asm/cmpxchg.h: Remove duplicate header

On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 08:56:37PM +0530, Brajeswar Ghosh wrote:
> Remove asm/xchg.h which is included more than once
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brajeswar Ghosh <brajeswar.linux@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index 6c7c39452471..bcbdac0744f9 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
>  #undef ____cmpxchg
>  #define ____xchg(type, args...)		__xchg ##type(args)
>  #define ____cmpxchg(type, args...)	__cmpxchg ##type(args)
> -#include <asm/xchg.h>

It's amazing the number of times we get a patch to remove that.

Instead of just automatically removing a second include of a
header file, why don't you take a closer look to see what it
actually does?

Cheers,
Michael.