linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eventfd: add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to ensure consistency between EFD

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:43:58 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: wenyang.linux@...mail.com
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eventfd: add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to ensure consistency between EFD_SEMAPHORE and the uapi

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:47:40 +0800, wenyang.linux@...mail.com wrote:
> introduce a BUILD_BUG_ON to check that the EFD_SEMAPHORE is equal to its
> definition in the uapi file, just like EFD_CLOEXEC and EFD_NONBLOCK.
> 
> 

This isn't hugely useful tbh but it's not terrible either.

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Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] eventfd: add a BUILD_BUG_ON() to ensure consistency between EFD_SEMAPHORE and the uapi
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/c3d48db389b7