linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: drop hex.h and update all hex.h users

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Message-ID: <aVFt4G8O_LsogvkR@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:50:24 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Yury Norov (NVIDIA)" <yury.norov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel.h: drop hex.h and update all hex.h users

On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 04:51:56PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Remove <linux/hex.h> from <linux/kernel.h> and update all users/callers
> of hex.h interfaces to directly #include <linux/hex.h> as part of the
> process of putting kernel.h on a diet.
> 
> Removing hex.h from kernel.h means that 36K C source files don't have
> to pay the price of parsing hex.h for the roughly 120 C source files
> that need it.
> 
> This change has been build-tested with allmodconfig on most ARCHes.
> Also, all users/callers of <linux/hex.h> in the entire source tree have
> been updated if needed (if not already #included).

I like this change, and if not yet applied here is my
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko