RE: [PATCH 07/12] efi: Use efi_mm in x86 as well as ARM

[Prakhya, Sai Praneeth]

> > diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h index
> > f5083aa72eae..f1b7d68ac460 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> > @@ -966,6 +966,8 @@ extern struct efi {
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  } efi;
> >
> > +extern struct mm_struct efi_mm;
> > +
> >  static inline int
> >  efi_guidcmp (efi_guid_t left, efi_guid_t right)  {
> 
> Ugh, I can see three problems with this patch:
> 
> 1)
> 
> Why is the low level asm/efi.h header polluted with two of the biggest header
> files in existence, to add a type to _another_ header (efi.h)?
> 
> 2)
> 
> Why is <linux/sched/task.h> included if what is being relied on is mm_struct?
> 
> 3)
> 
> But even <linux/sched/mm.h> looks unnecessary in efi.h, a simple forward
> declaration of mm_struct would do ...
> 
> The high level MM and sched headers should be added to the actual .c files that
> make use of them.

Ok, makes sense.
Sorry! for that. I will fix the issues.

Regards,
Sai