linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] clk: microchip: mpfs-ccc: replace include of asm-generic/errno-base.h

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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 21:10:46 +0000
From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
	Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
	Daire McNamara <daire.mcnamara@...rochip.com>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] clk: microchip: mpfs-ccc: replace include of
 asm-generic/errno-base.h

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 10:59:57AM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
> 
> As evidenced by the fact that only 2 other drivers include this header,
> it is not a normal thing to do. Including the regular version of this
> header is far more conventional for drivers.

ACK.  Includes of asm-generic/anything.h are fine in arch/*/include/*
and (under some circumstances) in include/*; anywhere else they are very
dubious, including outright bugs (io_uring/uring_cmd.h include
of asm-generic/ioctls.h, for example).