linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] local64.h: make <asm/local64.h> mandatory

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Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:09:57 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@...el.com>,
        Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
        Aurelien Jacquiot <jacquiot.aurelien@...il.com>,
        linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] local64.h: make <asm/local64.h> mandatory

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:45 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> Make <asm-generic/local64.h> mandatory in include/asm-generic/Kbuild
> and remove all arch/*/include/asm/local64.h arch-specific files since
> they only #include <asm-generic/local64.h>.
>
> This fixes build errors on arch/c6x/ and arch/nios2/ for
> block/blk-iocost.c.
>
> Build-tested on 21 of 25 arch-es. (tools problems on the others)
>
> Yes, we could even rename <asm-generic/local64.h> to
> <linux/local64.h> and change all #includes to use
> <linux/local64.h> instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@...el.com>
> Cc: Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>
> Cc: Aurelien Jacquiot <jacquiot.aurelien@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-c6x-dev@...ux-c6x.org
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>




> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> ---
> Would some $maintainer please plan to apply/merge this.
>
> v2: instead of making local64.h a generic-y header file and adding it
> to the missing arch/ header locations, make it a mandotory-y header file
> and remove it from most arch/ header locations. (Christoph)
>
-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada