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From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] asm-generic: Add msi.h
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:39:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1703620.E5bhVDQPHc@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1411181133080.3909@nanos>

On Tuesday 18 November 2014 11:34:37 Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> To support MSI irq domains we want a generic data structure for
> allocation, but we need the option to provide an architecture specific
> version of it. So instead of playing #ifdef games in linux/msi.h we
> add a generic header file and let architectures decide whether to
> include it or to provide their own implementation and provide the
> required typedef.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

for merging the asm-generic file

> I know that typedefs are not really nice, but in this case there are no
> forward declarations required and it's the simplest solution.

I must be missing the obvious: what problem does the typedef solve
that you would have with just a struct?

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2014-11-18 10:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-18 10:34 [PATCH] asm-generic: Add msi.h Thomas Gleixner
2014-11-18 10:39 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-11-18 10:59   ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-11-18 11:33     ` Arnd Bergmann

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