From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ares41.inai.de ([46.4.122.207]:57754 "EHLO ares41.inai.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbdALQg5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2017 11:36:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:28:13 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories In-Reply-To: <464a1323-4450-e563-ff59-9e6d57b75959@6wind.com> Message-ID: References: <1483695839-18660-1-git-send-email-nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> <1483695839-18660-8-git-send-email-nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> <20170109125638.GA15506@infradead.org> <464a1323-4450-e563-ff59-9e6d57b75959@6wind.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Nicolas Dichtel Cc: Christoph Hellwig , arnd@arndb.de, mmarek@suse.com, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, adi-buildroot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, linux-cris-kernel@axis.com, uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp, linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-metag@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-am33-list@redhat.com, nios2-dev@lists.rocketboards.org, openrisc@lists.librecores.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-spi@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, fcoe-devel@open-fcoe.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, airlied@linux.ie, davem@davemloft.net Message-ID: <20170112162813.xIvkirSn6pTz8dbKxfwPFE3arRk-K8VNXSvDF8qpZf8@z> On Thursday 2017-01-12 16:52, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: >Le 09/01/2017 à 13:56, Christoph Hellwig a écrit : >> On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 10:43:59AM +0100, 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 uapi directories should be exported, thus it's >>> useless to have an exhaustive list. >>> >>> After this patch, the following files, which were not exported, are now >>> exported (with make headers_install_all): >> >> ... snip ... >> >>> linux/genwqe/.install >>> linux/genwqe/..install.cmd >>> linux/cifs/.install >>> linux/cifs/..install.cmd >> >> I'm pretty sure these should not be exported! >> >Those files are created in every directory: >$ find usr/include/ -name '\.\.install.cmd' | wc -l >71 That still does not mean they should be exported. Anything but headers (and directories as a skeleton structure) is maximally suspicious.