linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: Update reference to include/asm-<arch>

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVcXxQUErB6KA2MzaK6v4OO5GEmd9HfES13LE+K4thktg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:39:31 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>, 
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, 
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: Update reference to include/asm-<arch>

Hi Yamada-san,

On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 3:31 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 1:40 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2024-12-05 at 14:20 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > "include/asm-<arch>" was replaced by "arch/<arch>/include/asm" a long
> > > time ago.
>
> Is this check still needed?
>
> include/asm was a symlink to include/asm-<architecture> in the old days,
> but it no longer exists.
>
> In which case, is this check triggered?

Someone might still try to create a header file under include/asm/.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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