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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 v2] of: move phandle/ihandle into types.h and export to userspace
On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 12:43:54AM -0700, Andres Salomon wrote:
>
> We need phandle for some exported sparc headers; of.h isn't an
> exported header, and it would be silly to export it when all we
> really need is one or two types from it. Also, later patches
> use phandle in structs that are exported to userspace, so export
> a __kernel_phandle type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <dilinger@queued.net>

Looks okay to me. I'm build testing it now on powerpc and
microblaze. If davem agrees, then I'll pick it up into my
devicetree-next branch.

Question though; since sparc userspace is the only user of this,
should the types.h header avoid exposing it on non-sparc?

g.

> ---
> include/linux/of.h | 3 ---
> include/linux/types.h | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
> index cad7cf0..db184dc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/of.h
> +++ b/include/linux/of.h
> @@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_OF
>
> -typedef u32 phandle;
> -typedef u32 ihandle;
> -
> struct property {
> char *name;
> int length;
> diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
> index 01a082f..67a034a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -178,10 +178,17 @@ typedef __u64 __bitwise __be64;
> typedef __u16 __bitwise __sum16;
> typedef __u32 __bitwise __wsum;
>
> +/* Basic openboot/openfirmware types */
> +typedef __u32 __kernel_phandle;
> +typedef __u32 __kernel_ihandle;
> +
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> typedef unsigned __bitwise__ gfp_t;
> typedef unsigned __bitwise__ fmode_t;
>
> +typedef __kernel_phandle phandle;
> +typedef __kernel_ihandle ihandle;
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
> typedef u64 phys_addr_t;
> #else
> --
> 1.5.6.5
>


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