Re: [PATCH v2] local64.h: make <asm/local64.h> mandatory

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 11:45 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Make <asm-generic/local64.h> mandatory in include/asm-generic/Kbuild
> and remove all arch/*/include/asm/local64.h arch-specific files since
> they only #include <asm-generic/local64.h>.
>
> This fixes build errors on arch/c6x/ and arch/nios2/ for
> block/blk-iocost.c.
>
> Build-tested on 21 of 25 arch-es. (tools problems on the others)
>
> Yes, we could even rename <asm-generic/local64.h> to
> <linux/local64.h> and change all #includes to use
> <linux/local64.h> instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Ley Foon Tan <ley.foon.tan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Aurelien Jacquiot <jacquiot.aurelien@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>




> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Would some $maintainer please plan to apply/merge this.
>
> v2: instead of making local64.h a generic-y header file and adding it
> to the missing arch/ header locations, make it a mandotory-y header file
> and remove it from most arch/ header locations. (Christoph)
>
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada