linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] kernel.h: Split out min()/max() et al helpers

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Message-ID: <2539aded26601a969999065fb1b4c780a22e307f.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:51:35 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] kernel.h: Split out min()/max() et al helpers

On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 18:44 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 07:52:32AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 15:51 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > kernel.h is being used as a dump for all kinds of stuff for a long time.
> > > Here is the attempt to start cleaning it up by splitting out min()/max()
> > > et al helpers.
> > 
> > While adding organization into kernel.h by splitting
> > out various bits into separate files is a fine idea,
> > I believe removing the generic #include <linux/kernel.h>
> > from various files and substituting the sub-includes
> > is not a good idea.
> 
> Are you sure?

Yes.

> Perhaps we may just cat include/linux/* > include/linux/kernel.h?

Silly argument,  There's a real argument to be made to
tmove many of the files in include/linux to separate
directories or out of include/ altogether to subsystem
specific locations.