linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] bitops: Move aligned_byte

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Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 22:35:37 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] bitops: Move aligned_byte_mask() to wordpart.h

On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 12:14:58PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2024 at 05:01:54PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > The bitops.h is for bit related operations. The aligned_byte_mask()
> > is about byte (or part of the machine word) operations, for which
> > we have a separate header, move the mentioned macro to wordpart.h
> > to consolidate similar operations.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I see the macro is used in lib/strnlen_user.c and in lib/usercopy.c.
> In case of strnlen_user, the wordpart.h is included via linux/kernel.h,
> which is OK to me. But In case of usercopy.c, I can't find how the
> header is included. 
> 
> I'm sure there is some inclusion path, but it's always better to have
> the dependencies listed explicitly.
> 
> Can you please send a 2nd version with the lib/usercopy.c including
> wordpart.h?

I think it's unrelated right now. The inclusions in usercopy is a mess.
It should be cleaned up in a separate patch for all inclusions.

But okay, making slightly more mess there won't harm :-)

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko