* + kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers.patch added to -mm tree
@ 2021-12-09 20:29 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2021-12-09 20:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: andriy.shevchenko, mm-commits
The patch titled
Subject: kernel.h: include a note to discourage people from including it in headers
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers.patch
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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Subject: kernel.h: include a note to discourage people from including it in headers
Include a note at the top to discourage people from including it in
headers.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211209150803.4473-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h~kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers
+++ a/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * NOTE:
+ *
+ * This header has combined a lot of unrelated to each other stuff.
+ * The process of splitting its content is in progress while keeping
+ * backward compatibility. That's why it's highly recommended NOT to
+ * include this header inside another header file, especially under
+ * generic or architectural include/ directory.
+ */
#ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_H
#define _LINUX_KERNEL_H
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com are
kernelh-include-a-note-to-discourage-people-from-including-it-in-headers.patch
list-introduce-list_is_head-helper-and-re-use-it-in-listh.patch
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