From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ia64: macro-ize ia64_done_with_exception in asm/uaccess.h
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:15:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160817171546.GD2356@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160816151443.31082-2-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:14:42AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Most of the other C content in this file is already implemented
> in macro form. Doing the same for this function will allow us
> to get rid of the duplicated search_exception_tables prototype.
> We will bring it in as required via <linux/extable.h> inclusion.
What is it doing in uaccess.h in the first place? ia64_done_with_exception()
is used only in the guts of arch/ia64 (2 in kernel, 1 in mm), so why dump it
into a widely-used header?
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From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ia64: macro-ize ia64_done_with_exception in asm/uaccess.h
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:15:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160817171546.GD2356@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160816151443.31082-2-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 11:14:42AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Most of the other C content in this file is already implemented
> in macro form. Doing the same for this function will allow us
> to get rid of the duplicated search_exception_tables prototype.
> We will bring it in as required via <linux/extable.h> inclusion.
What is it doing in uaccess.h in the first place? ia64_done_with_exception()
is used only in the guts of arch/ia64 (2 in kernel, 1 in mm), so why dump it
into a widely-used header?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-17 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-16 15:14 [PATCH 0/2] ia64: make use of new extable.h header Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-16 15:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] ia64: macro-ize ia64_done_with_exception in asm/uaccess.h Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-16 15:14 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-17 17:15 ` Al Viro [this message]
2016-08-17 17:15 ` Al Viro
2016-08-18 15:14 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-18 15:14 ` Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-16 15:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] ia64: ensure exception table search users include extable.h Paul Gortmaker
2016-08-16 15:14 ` Paul Gortmaker
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