linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] units: Add missing header

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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:19:21 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Damian Muszynski <damian.muszynski@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] units: Add missing header

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 06:09:57PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:44:03 +0200 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > BITS_PER_BYTE is defined in bits.h.
> > 
> > Fixes: e8eed5f7366f ("units: Add BYTES_PER_*BIT")
> 
> This is post-6.6, so the fix should go into this -rc whatever happens, but...
> 
> It would be rather nice to know the effects of this change please.  Did
> some build break?

Not of my knowledge. Fixes tag here to make sure people won't forget that
headers are special and we need a bit stricter rules on how we add a new
stuff (which will require another header) or remove an old one (which may
give a stale inclusion).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko