From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@kernel.org, davej@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] UAPI header file split
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:50:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201207231550.43775.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120720215636.14854.41208.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
On Friday 20 July 2012, David Howells wrote:
> (a) It reduces the size of the kernel-only headers and obviates the need
> for __KERNEL__ conditionals in the remnant kernel-only headers.
>
> (b) In what we have today, there are complex interdependencies between
> headers that are partly exported to user space, and we want to reduce
> those interdependencies.
>
> It simplifies the problem space by splitting out the user headers as
> they then only depend only on other user headers.
>
> This step makes it easier to follow through with the remaining steps as
> the remnant kernel headers can be split up without regard as to whether
> the UAPI will be broken. Header files such as linux/sched.h can even
> disappear entirely if that seems convenient.
>
> There is another potential benefit as well: it becomes easier to track
> when the UAPI changes just from the filenames in the GIT log.
>
> Further, linux-api@vger.kernel.org can be put into the MAINTAINERS file
> for the uapi/ directories so that patches changing them get sent to that
> list by everyone using get_maintainer.pl.
Looks all good to me. For the entire series:
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-23 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-20 21:56 [PATCH 00/13] UAPI header file split David Howells
2012-07-20 21:56 ` [PATCH 01/13] UAPI: Refer to the DRM UAPI headers with <...> and from certain headers only David Howells
2012-07-20 21:57 ` [PATCH 02/13] UAPI: (Scripted) Remove redundant DRM UAPI header #inclusions from drivers/gpu/ David Howells
2012-07-20 21:57 ` [PATCH 03/13] UAPI: (Scripted) Convert #include "..." to #include <path/...> in drivers/gpu/ David Howells
2012-07-20 21:57 ` [PATCH 04/13] UAPI: (Scripted) Convert #include "..." to #include <path/...> in kernel system headers David Howells
2012-07-20 21:57 ` [PATCH 05/13] UAPI: Partition the header include path sets and add uapi/ header directories David Howells
2012-07-21 9:41 ` David Howells
2012-07-21 9:41 ` David Howells
2012-07-21 10:13 ` David Howells
2012-07-20 21:57 ` [PATCH 06/13] UAPI: (Scripted) Set up UAPI Kbuild files David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 07/13] UAPI: x86: Fix the test_get_len tool David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 08/13] UAPI: x86: Fix insn_sanity build failure after UAPI split David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 09/13] UAPI: Set up uapi/asm/Kbuild.asm David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 10/13] UAPI: Move linux/version.h David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 11/13] UAPI: Remove the objhdr-y export list David Howells
2012-07-20 21:58 ` [PATCH 12/13] UAPI: x86: Differentiate the generated UAPI and internal headers David Howells
2012-07-20 21:59 ` [PATCH 13/13] UAPI: Plumb the UAPI Kbuilds into the user header installation and checking David Howells
2012-07-23 15:50 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-07-24 12:48 ` [PATCH 00/13] UAPI header file split Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-24 13:19 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 7:48 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-25 7:48 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-25 10:23 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 11:01 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-25 11:20 ` David Howells
2012-07-26 13:18 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-26 14:32 ` David Howells
2012-07-26 14:35 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-26 15:22 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 17:32 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 20:06 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 20:06 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 19:21 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 20:09 ` David Howells
2012-07-25 20:09 ` David Howells
2012-07-26 10:17 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-26 10:46 ` David Howells
2012-07-27 7:07 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-07-26 10:46 ` David Howells
2012-07-26 13:29 ` Michael Kerrisk
2012-08-03 0:15 ` Paul E. McKenney
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