public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xhci: Rename SEGMENT_SIZE and SEGMENT_SHIFT as the former is used in a.out.h
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:32:53 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <32349.1364509973@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130328201505.GC5995@xanatos>

Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> I'm a little bit confused about your description for the second one.
> Did you need to change the #defines names because they could conflict
> with other drivers when the xHCI driver is built in?  Or is there some
> other point I'm missing?

Sorry, I should say.  I'm trying to clean up the UAPI headers and I noticed
that the xHCI SEGMENT_SIZE macro is named the same as one defined by a.out.h
that cannot be changed as it is seen by userspace.  Although it's unlikely
that within the kernel they are unlikely to collide, one cannot be entirely
sure that will stay true as new arches get added (hopefully no one will add
new arches that use a.out format).  It seems best that the xHCI one be renamed
if possible.

> Are these feature patches for 3.10, or bug fixes for 3.9?  If they're
> for 3.9, should they go into stable?  My inclination is the first patch
> shouldn't but I'm not sure about this one.

Both are aimed at 3.10.  Neither are fixes for extant bugs that I know of.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2013-03-28 22:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-28 18:48 [PATCH 1/2] xhci: Use ilog2() rather than __ffs() for calculating SEGMENT_SHIFT David Howells
2013-03-28 18:48 ` [PATCH 2/2] xhci: Rename SEGMENT_SIZE and SEGMENT_SHIFT as the former is used in a.out.h David Howells
2013-03-28 20:15   ` Sarah Sharp
2013-03-28 22:32     ` David Howells [this message]
2013-03-29  0:10       ` Sarah Sharp
2013-04-02 18:07         ` David Howells
2013-04-02 19:37           ` Sarah Sharp

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=32349.1364509973@warthog.procyon.org.uk \
    --to=dhowells@redhat.com \
    --cc=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-usb@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=sarah.a.sharp@linux.intel.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox