linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] generic asm: mman cleanup

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Date:   Fri, 8 Feb 2019 16:19:07 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] generic asm: mman cleanup

On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 08:12:47PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 01:02:51AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Now that we have MAP_SHARED, MAP_PRIVATE and MAP_SHARED_VALIDATE on all
> > architectures, it probably makes sense to de-duplicate these
> > and put them into a common header.
> 
> I like the idea, but it seems there are more asm/mman.h users than just mpx
> and drm.
> 
> Any reason only those were updated to include linux/mman.h?


They are all .c files. So since they keep building I know
nothing else will break. Fixing them would be an unrelated
cleanup.



>  
> > Please review and consider merging though the generic tree.
> > 
> > Build tested on x86 only. Has been in linux-next for a while now.
> > 
> > Michael S. Tsirkin (3):
> >   x86/mpx: tweak header name
> >   drm: tweak header name
> >   arch: move common mmap flags to linux/mman.h
> > 
> >  arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/mman.h     | 4 +---
> >  arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/mman.h      | 4 +---
> >  arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/mman.h    | 4 +---
> >  arch/x86/mm/mpx.c                      | 2 +-
> >  arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/mman.h    | 4 +---
> >  include/drm/drmP.h                     | 3 +--
> >  include/uapi/asm-generic/mman-common.h | 4 +---
> >  include/uapi/linux/mman.h              | 4 ++++
> >  8 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > MST
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.