linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] uapi: remove the unused HAVE_ARCH_STRUCT

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Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:55:41 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] uapi: remove the unused HAVE_ARCH_STRUCT_FLOCK64 define

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 10:55 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

The patch looks good, but I'd like to see a description for each one.
How about:

| The check was added when Stephen Rothwell created the file, but
| no architecture ever defined it.

        Arnd