linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 11/21] tools: move alignment-related macros to new <linux/align.h>

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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2024 12:37:54 +0100
From: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>, "David S. Miller"
	<davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski
	<kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>, Marcin Szycik
	<marcin.szycik@...ux.intel.com>, Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>,
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, "Rasmus
 Villemoes" <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>, Alexander Potapenko
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 11/21] tools: move alignment-related macros to
 new <linux/align.h>

On 2/1/24 13:22, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Currently, tools have *ALIGN*() macros scattered across the unrelated
> headers, as there are only 3 of them and they were added separately
> each time on an as-needed basis.
> Anyway, let's make it more consistent with the kernel headers and allow
> using those macros outside of the mentioned headers. Create
> <linux/align.h> inside the tools/ folder and include it where needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
> ---
>   tools/include/linux/align.h  | 12 ++++++++++++
>   tools/include/linux/bitmap.h |  2 +-
>   tools/include/linux/mm.h     |  5 +----
>   3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 tools/include/linux/align.h
> 

Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>