[PATCH v1 1/2] kernel.h: Move READ/WRITE definitions to <linux/types.h>

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Mar 24 2025 - 06:56:03 EST


From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Headers shouldn't be forced to include <linux/kernel.h> just to
gain these simple constants.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kernel.h | 4 ----
include/linux/types.h | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index be2e8c0a187e..01bb0fac3667 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@

#define STACK_MAGIC 0xdeadbeef

-/* generic data direction definitions */
-#define READ 0
-#define WRITE 1
-
#define PTR_IF(cond, ptr) ((cond) ? (ptr) : NULL)

#define u64_to_user_ptr(x) ( \
diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 49b79c8bb1a9..6dfdb8e8e4c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ typedef s64 ktime_t;
typedef u64 sector_t;
typedef u64 blkcnt_t;

+/* generic data direction definitions */
+#define READ 0
+#define WRITE 1
+
/*
* The type of an index into the pagecache.
*/
--
2.47.2