From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758188Ab2JXKgH (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:36:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:61071 "EHLO mail-ee0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755206Ab2JXKgE (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:36:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:35:59 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: David Howells Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Provide a comment in uapi/asm/hw_breakpoint.h Message-ID: <20121024103559.GB10691@gmail.com> References: <20121022120558.14413.78980.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121022120558.14413.78980.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * David Howells wrote: > Provide a comment in the empty uapi/asm/hw_breakpoint.h to make sure that the > patch program doesn't delete it. > > However, should some part of asm/hw_breakpoint.h actually be exported here, > or, possibly, should the entire uapi file be removed? In v3.6, though the > file was marked for export to userspace, it had nothing outside of __KERNEL__. > > This needs to be applied on top of the x86 UAPI disintegration patch. Just wondering, have the tools/perf/ issues been solved in your tree, are the x86 UAPI disintegration changes pullable? Thanks, Ingo