Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752091AbdHBPoS (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:44:18 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51665 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751930AbdHBPoR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:44:17 -0400 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mx1.redhat.com 6CC2B77548 Authentication-Results: ext-mx02.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: ext-mx02.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=mst@redhat.com Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 18:44:14 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter , David Ahern , Jason Wang , Jiri Olsa , Namhyung Kim , Wang Nan Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] tools include uapi: Grab a copy of linux/vhost.h Message-ID: <20170802184245-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20170801195645.16986-1-acme@kernel.org> <20170801195645.16986-17-acme@kernel.org> <20170802001802-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20170802141837.GG12201@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170802141837.GG12201@kernel.org> X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.26]); Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1245 Lines: 30 On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 11:18:37AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 12:19:18AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin escreveu: > > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 04:56:43PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo > > > > > > We will use it to generate tables for beautifying ioctl's 'cmd' arg. > > > > > > Cc: Adrian Hunter > > > Cc: David Ahern > > > Cc: Jason Wang > > > Cc: Jiri Olsa > > > Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" > > > Cc: Namhyung Kim > > > Cc: Wang Nan > > > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-nxwpq34hu6te1m2ra5m7o8n9@git.kernel.org > > > Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo > > > > Is this what tools/perf always does? Isn't there a way > > to reuse the single header? > > So, that is how we did it at first, we tried to use files from the > kernel from tools/ directly, and it worked most of the time. > > Shortest summary: We don't want to add to the workload of kernel > developers, they don't have to care about tools/, if they don't want to. OK then, thanks for the explanation. -- MST