linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] soc: fsl: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

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Message-ID: <064efc28-eb86-b729-0bb0-b1f5ed5bbf60@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Sat, 30 Oct 2021 06:46:28 +0200
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] soc: fsl: Replace kernel.h with the necessary
 inclusions


Le 29/10/2021 à 22:31, Andy Shevchenko a écrit :
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:04 PM LEROY Christophe
> <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 29/10/2021 à 17:55, Andy Shevchenko a écrit :
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 06:33:54PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> When kernel.h is used in the headers it adds a lot into dependency hell,
>>>> especially when there are circular dependencies are involved.
>>>>
>>>> Replace kernel.h inclusion with the list of what is really being used.
>>>
>>> Seems nobody from PPC took this patch.
>>> Any idea who can take it?
>>>
>>
>> You have to check in MAINTAINERS file in the root directory of kernel
>> sources: https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/blob/master/MAINTAINERS
> 
> Actually for these files get_maintainer.pl showed nothing.
> I have chosen PPC maintainers manually.
> 
>> That's Michael who takes them. But you have to allow him enough time for it.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> I wrote that message because I have got a notification from checkpatch
> that it should go somewhere else.
> 

That means that Michael considered it is not for him.

And I think the reason is that in MAINTAINERS you have:

FREESCALE QUICC ENGINE LIBRARY
M:	Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>
L:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
S:	Maintained
F:	drivers/soc/fsl/qe/
F:	include/soc/fsl/*qe*.h
F:	include/soc/fsl/*ucc*.h


FREESCALE SOC DRIVERS
M:	Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>
L:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
L:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
S:	Maintained
F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/fsl,dpaa2-console.yaml
F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/soc/fsl/
F:	drivers/soc/fsl/
F:	include/linux/fsl/

Sorry I overlooked your patch.

Christophe