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From: Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>
To: tanzirh@google.com
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Nick DeSaulniers <nnn@google.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	llvm@lists.linux.dev, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] sh: Added kernel.h to word-at-a-time
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:04:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZXx5DyidpHFhRevy@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231214-libstringheader-v2-1-0f195dcff204@google.com>

On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 09:06:12PM +0000, tanzirh@google.com wrote:
> This patch includes linux/kernel.h in asm/word-at-a-time.h for the
> sh architecture. WORD_AT_A_TIME_CONSTANTS depends on kernel.h.
> Making this implicit dependancy explicit allows for later improvements
> in the lib/string.c inclusion list.
> 
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

You forgot your SoB, but...

...

>  #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
>  # include <asm-generic/word-at-a-time.h>
>  #else
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>

I highly discourage from doing that. Instead, split what is needed to
the separate (new) header and include that one.

>  /*
>   * Little-endian version cribbed from x86.
>   */

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-15 16:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-14 21:06 [PATCH v2 0/2] shrink lib/string.i via IWYU tanzirh
2023-12-14 21:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] sh: Added kernel.h to word-at-a-time tanzirh
2023-12-14 21:37   ` Kees Cook
2023-12-14 21:51     ` Nick Desaulniers
2023-12-15 16:04   ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
     [not found]     ` <CAE-cH4p5VJ_A91BAkURBN67ACA0_u7T8UhApUYLQDWeeRY6FWA@mail.gmail.com>
2023-12-15 19:09       ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-12-18 16:57         ` Nick Desaulniers
2023-12-18 17:05           ` Tanzir Hasan
2023-12-18 17:25             ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-12-18 17:23           ` Andy Shevchenko
2023-12-14 21:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] lib/string: shrink lib/string.i via IWYU tanzirh
2023-12-14 21:39   ` Kees Cook
2023-12-15 16:08   ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-01-09 21:49   ` Justin Stitt
2024-01-11  0:07     ` Kees Cook

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