Re: [PATCH 07/27] modpost: import include/linux/list.h

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 3:42 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 12:09 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Import include/linux/list.h to use convenient list macros in modpost.
> >
> > I dropped kernel-space code such as {WRITE,READ}_ONCE etc. and unneeded
> > macros.
> >
> > I also imported container_of() from include/linux/container_of.h and
> > type definitions from include/linux/types.h.
>
> Is there a better way to just use the kernel headers?

Presumably no.
include/linux/list.h includes more.

Adding so many #ifdef __KERNEL__ stubs
would be really ugly.


> I kind of hate
> copy+paste since the in tree duplication will diverge over time.

I only cherry-picked some macros from include/linux/kernel.h

No need to resync.




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada