Re: [PATCH] uapi: use wildcards to list files

Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-04T09:03:50Z

Le 03/01/2017 à 22:37, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 3:35:44 PM CET Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> Regularly, when a new header is created in include/uapi/, the developer
>> forgets to add it in the corresponding Kbuild file. This error is usually
>> detected after the release is out.
>>
>> In fact, all headers under include/uapi/ should be exported, so let's
>> use wildcards.
>
> I think the idea makes a lot of sense: if a header is in uapi, we should
> really export it. However, using a wildcard expression seems a bit
> backwards here, I think we should make this implicit and not have the
> Kbuild file at all.
>
> The "header-y" syntax was originally added back when the uapi headers
> were mixed with the internal headers in the same directory. After
> David Howells introduced the separate directory for uapi, it has
> become a bit redundant.
Ok, thank you for the explanation, I was wondering why those Kbuild files were
needed.

>
> Can you try to modify scripts/Makefile.headersinst instead so we
> can simply remove the Kbuild files entirely?
I will try something.

Regards,
Nicolas