linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_* from uapi headers (2023 edition)

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Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:11:04 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Thomas Huth" <thuth@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Chas Williams" <3chas3@...il.com>,
        "Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer@...belt.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Remove #ifdef CONFIG_* from uapi headers (2023 edition)

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023, at 21:22, Thomas Huth wrote:
> uapi headers should not use the kernel-internal CONFIG switches.
> Palmer Dabbelt sent some patches to clean this up a couple of years
> ago, but unfortunately some of those patches never got merged.
> So here's a rebased version of those patches - since they are rather
> trivial, I hope it's OK for everybody if they could go through Arnd's
> "generic include/asm header files" branch?

I just sent the pull request for the merge window an will be out
of office for most of next week. The patches all look good and
I provided a Reviewed-by: tag in case someone else wants to pick
up some or all of them. Otherwise I can apply them when I get
back.

    Arnd