From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org,
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davem@davemloft.net, airlied@linux.ie,
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi: use wildcards to list files
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 10:03:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bf83da6b-01ef-bf44-b3e1-ca6fc5636818@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2108827.WpE3IvfEdH@wuerfel>
Le 03/01/2017 à 22:37, Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 3:35:44 PM CET 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 include/uapi/ should be exported, so let's
>> use wildcards.
>
> I think the idea makes a lot of sense: if a header is in uapi, we should
> really export it. However, using a wildcard expression seems a bit
> backwards here, I think we should make this implicit and not have the
> Kbuild file at all.
>
> The "header-y" syntax was originally added back when the uapi headers
> were mixed with the internal headers in the same directory. After
> David Howells introduced the separate directory for uapi, it has
> become a bit redundant.
Ok, thank you for the explanation, I was wondering why those Kbuild files were
needed.
>
> Can you try to modify scripts/Makefile.headersinst instead so we
> can simply remove the Kbuild files entirely?
I will try something.
Regards,
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-04 9:03 UTC|newest]
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2017-01-03 14:35 ` [PATCH] uapi: use wildcards to list files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-03 15:56 ` David Miller
2017-01-03 21:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-04 9:03 ` Nicolas Dichtel [this message]
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-09 11:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-09 12:00 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] h8300: put bitsperlong.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-09 11:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] x86: put msr-index.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-06 12:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-06 20:50 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-06 9:43 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-09 10:01 ` Daniel Vetter
2017-01-09 12:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-09 12:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-01-12 15:52 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-12 16:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2017-01-12 16:32 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 1:04 ` Jeff Epler
2017-01-11 18:14 ` [Linux-c6x-dev] " Mark Salter
2017-01-09 11:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] " Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-11 12:42 ` Jesper Nilsson
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 17:06 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] h8300: put bitsperlong.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:55 ` Tobias Klauser
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 9:00 ` Michael Ellerman
2017-01-13 10:46 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 15:36 ` David Howells
2017-01-13 16:01 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] arm: put types.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 16:19 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-13 16:35 ` David Howells
2017-01-13 15:43 ` David Howells
2017-01-13 16:08 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-13 16:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] x86: put msr-index.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 16:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-23 17:06 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 17:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-23 17:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-01-23 17:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-23 22:24 ` Jan Engelhardt
2017-01-23 22:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-26 16:02 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-30 14:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-30 15:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-31 10:58 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-31 16:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-03 21:45 ` Paul Bolle
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 15:15 ` kbuild test robot
2017-02-02 15:27 ` kbuild test robot
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 14:47 ` kbuild test robot
2017-02-02 15:42 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 11:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-13 7:49 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-02-20 9:32 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-20 10:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-02-20 12:58 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 0/8] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 3/8] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 7/8] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-27 16:01 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 2:48 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2017-02-28 15:47 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 00/11] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 01/11] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 02/11] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 03/11] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 04/11] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 05/11] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 06/11] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 07/11] btrfs_tree.h: fix include from userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 08/11] cryptouser.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-01 4:52 ` Herbert Xu
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 00/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 01/11] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 02/11] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 03/11] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 04/11] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 05/11] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 06/11] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 07/11] btrfs_tree.h: fix include from userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 08/11] cryptouser.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-03 9:35 ` Herbert Xu
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 09/11] smc_diag.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 10/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-02 16:56 ` [PATCH v9 11/11] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-03 17:07 ` [PATCH v9 00/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-10 16:34 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-11 5:43 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-13 16:57 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 5:38 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-14 8:25 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 01/11] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 5:31 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 9:43 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 02/11] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 03/11] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 04/11] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 05/11] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 06/11] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 07/11] btrfs_tree.h: fix include from userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 5:53 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 9:45 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 08/11] cryptouser.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 09/11] smc_diag.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 10/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-14 12:54 ` [PATCH v10 11/11] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 5:27 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 9:42 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-24 8:32 ` [PATCH v10 00/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-24 8:42 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-24 9:03 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 5:26 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 9:45 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 15:33 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 00/12] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 01/12] h8300: put bitsperlong.h in uapi Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 02/12] nios2: put setup.h " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 03/12] x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 04/12] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 05/12] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 06/12] uapi: includes linux/types.h before exporting files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 07/12] btrfs_tree.h: fix include from userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 08/12] cryptouser.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-04-11 2:40 ` Herbert Xu
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 09/12] smc_diag.h: " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 10/12] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-05-07 23:17 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-05-09 10:09 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-05-09 17:22 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 11/12] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-05-16 1:02 ` Dan Williams
2017-05-16 1:15 ` Dan Williams
2017-05-16 4:59 ` Masahiro Yamada
2017-03-27 12:20 ` [PATCH v11 12/12] arch/include: remove empty Kbuild files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-03-27 15:35 ` [PATCH v11 00/12] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Masahiro Yamada
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 09/11] smc_diag.h: fix include from userland Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 10/11] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-28 20:47 ` [PATCH v8 11/11] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-24 16:49 ` [PATCH v7 8/8] " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-10 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 13:25 ` [PATCH v5 " Nicolas Dichtel
2017-02-02 14:36 ` kbuild test robot
2017-02-02 14:46 ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-23 17:49 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] x86: put msr-index.h in uapi kbuild test robot
2017-01-23 19:11 ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-26 19:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-01-26 19:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] Makefile.headersinst: cleanup input files Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] Makefile.headersinst: remove destination-y option Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] uapi: export all headers under uapi directories Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 15:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-01-23 16:03 ` Nicolas Dichtel
2017-01-23 18:47 ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-23 18:52 ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-23 14:58 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] uapi: export all arch specifics directories Nicolas Dichtel
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