linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH FYI 0/7] Updating some kernel headers with the kernel sources

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Message-ID: <aCylQUlY3W7rbZAs@x1>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 12:52:33 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	I Hsin Cheng <richard120310@...il.com>,
	"Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peng Jiang <jiang.peng9@....com.cn>,
	Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
	Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>,
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH FYI 0/7] Updating some kernel headers with the kernel
 sources

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 09:44:05AM +0900, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> On Tue. 20 May 2025 at 06:41, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:
> > From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> >         Updating some kernel headers with the kernel sources.

> >   tools headers: Synchronize uapi/linux/bits.h with the kernel sources
> >   tools headers compiler: Pick the const_true() define from the kernel
> >     sources
> >   tools headers: Synchronize linux/bits.h with the kernel sources
 
> Note that there are new upcoming changes in bits.h and build_bug.h
> which are queue in the bitmap tree:
 
>   https://github.com/norov/linux/commits/bitmap-for-next/
 
> So, if you prefer, you can wait for the beginning of the merge windows
> when the above changes will be merged and do the sync with all those
> changes (this is just a suggestion, I am not objecting to this series
> in any way).

I think there is value in doing it now, as it clears up the build
warnings and solves already one prep work that syncing would entail,
namely the inclusion of const_true() in the tools compiler.h file.

I think I can take your "I am not objecting to this series in any way."
as an Acked-by?

Thanks!

- Arnaldo