Re: [PATCH 7/8] mm: split include/linux/gfp.h

Yury Norov
2022-07-02T22:07:48Z

On Sat, Jul 02, 2022 at 03:09:40PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 02, 2022 at 03:05:39PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 05:54:29AM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> > > gfp.h belongs to many include paths, and it causes circular dependencies
> > > when, for example, trying to keep cpumask one-line wrappers in headers.
> > >
> > > In many cases, sources need only gfp flags. This patch splits gfp.h by
> > > moving flags to include/linux/gfp_flags.h. It helps to move trivial
> > > wrappers from c-file to header in the following patch for cpumask.
> >
> > Wondering if you checked Ingo's gigantic series [1] for something similar.
> > Maybe you may utilize his work if there is anything like this.

No, I didn't.

> >
> > [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/tip.git/log/?h=sched/headers
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mingo/tip.git/commit/?h=sched/headers&id=56a20d45417dc517d91626e5ef9f5492a5e901aa
> and a few more patches on top

OK, I'll try to use his patches. If they don't work - I'll take mine.

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>