linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 180/266] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland

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Message-ID: <a09049c8a31e05447bb750ca7a3822b223588edc.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 17 May 2019 10:42:26 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 180/266] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland

On Fri, 2019-05-17 at 10:06 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > commit 25dc1d6cc3082aab293e5dad47623b550f7ddd2a upstream.
> > 
> > Even if this file was not in an uapi directory, it was exported
> > because
> > it was listed in the Kbuild file.
> > 
> 
> While good idea for mainline, I don't think this belongs to stable.
> 
> Dropping it should not result in problems.

If we apply "x86/msr-index: Cleanup bit defines" and not this, then
"make headers_install" stops working.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
                                                          - Lily Tomlin


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