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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHES] termios.h cleanups
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 01:30:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YwF8vibZ2/Xz7a/g@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wh91JqnMU+aN9NEy4vB9hePFEYLtiAVtS+U6VE-17pDBg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 02:44:09PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 11:44 AM Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >         Umm...  Might as well, I guess...  Where to put those, though?
> > drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c is not an option, unfortunately - it'll pick
> > the local definitions, __weak or no __weak.
> 
> IThat bug is ancient history, and tty_ioctl.c is just fine.
> 
> Yes, we used to have the "you can't have __weak function definitions
> in the same file that uses them" rule.
> 
> But it was due to a bug in gcc-4.1, which would inline weak functions.
> 
> But we long since gave up on gcc-4.1, and we have __weak functions
> declarations in the same file as the use in multiple places. See for
> example arch_release_task_struct() in kernel/fork.c.

OK, that allows to reorder the whole thing better...  See #work.termios2
(very lightly tested)

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-21  0:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-20  3:33 [RFC][PATCHES] termios.h cleanups Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37 ` [PATCH 1/7] loongarch: remove generic-y += termios.h Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 2/7] termios: get rid of stray asm/termios.h include in n_hdlc.c Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 3/7] start unifying INIT_C_CC and termios convertors Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 4/7] termios: consolidate values for VDISCARD in INIT_C_CC Al Viro
2022-08-20 18:01     ` Linus Torvalds
2022-08-20 18:27       ` Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 5/7] make generic INIT_C_CC a bit more generic Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 6/7] termios: convert the last (sparc) INIT_C_CC to array Al Viro
2022-08-20  3:37   ` [PATCH 7/7] termios: get rid of non-UAPI asm/termios.h Al Viro
2022-08-20 18:14 ` [RFC][PATCHES] termios.h cleanups Linus Torvalds
2022-08-20 18:43   ` Al Viro
2022-08-20 21:44     ` Linus Torvalds
2022-08-21  0:30       ` Al Viro [this message]
2022-08-21  1:02         ` [PATCH v2 1/8] loongarch: remove generic-y += termios.h Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 2/8] termios: get rid of stray asm/termios.h include in n_hdlc.c Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 3/8] termios: uninline conversion helpers Al Viro
2022-08-30 12:26             ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-09-01 17:03               ` Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:06                 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] " Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:06                 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] termios: start unifying non-UAPI parts of asm/termios.h Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:07                 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] termios: consolidate values for VDISCARD in INIT_C_CC Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:07                 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] make generic INIT_C_CC a bit more generic Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:08                 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] termios: convert the last (sparc) INIT_C_CC to array Al Viro
2022-09-01 17:08                 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] termios: get rid of non-UAPI asm/termios.h Al Viro
2022-09-02  5:32                   ` [PATCH v3 7/6] termios: kill uapi termios.h that are identical to generic one Al Viro
2022-09-09  8:45                 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] termios: uninline conversion helpers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 4/8] termios: start unifying non-UAPI parts of asm/termios.h Al Viro
2022-08-21  5:13             ` Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 5/8] termios: consolidate values for VDISCARD in INIT_C_CC Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 6/8] make generic INIT_C_CC a bit more generic Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 7/8] termios: convert the last (sparc) INIT_C_CC to array Al Viro
2022-08-21  1:02           ` [PATCH v2 8/8] termios: get rid of non-UAPI asm/termios.h Al Viro
2022-08-21 14:56           ` [PATCH v2 1/8] loongarch: remove generic-y += termios.h Huacai Chen
2022-08-21 14:58             ` Huacai Chen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-09-10  4:49 [RFC][PATCHES] termios.h cleanups Al Viro

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