linux-kernel - Re: linux-next 20201126 - build error on arm allmodconfig

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Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:32:40 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
Cc:     Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next 20201126 - build error on arm allmodconfig

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 09:22:53AM -0500, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:14:29 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin said:
> 
> > The real answer is for asm/kasan.h to include linux/linkage.h
> 
> Looking deeper, there's  7 different arch/../asm/kasan.h - are we better off
> patching all 7, or having include/linux/kasan.h include it just before
> the include of asm/kasan.h?

I wouldn't like to say definitively - it depends on what the policy
now is. However, linux/linage.h is way cheaper than linux/pgtable.h
so it probably makes sense for linux/kasan.h to include it given the
number of asm/kasan.h headers needing it.

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