[PATCH v3 0/3] Import Kernel uAPI header files
David Marchand
david.marchand at redhat.com
Tue Oct 29 15:42:48 CET 2024
On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM Maxime Coquelin
<maxime.coquelin at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> This series enables importing Linux Kernel uAPI headers
> into the DPDK repository. It aims at solving alignment
> issues between the build system and the system applications
> linked ot DPDK libraries are run on.
>
> It can also help simplify spaghetti code done to support
> different versions of the Linux Kernel headers used by
> the build system.
>
> Guidelines and import script are also part of first patch.
> The uAPI checker script has been merged with the import
> script in this V1, goals is to use it in CI for any patch
> touching linux-headers/uapi.
>
> Follow-up patches are an example of imported uAPI inclusion
> of VDUSE header into the Vhost library.
The series looks good to me.
One note though, the added files are orphans in MAINTAINERS.
As we discussed offlist, I will add a new section with you as maintainer:
$ git diff
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e25e9465b5..8919d78919 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ F: license/
F: .editorconfig
F: .mailmap
+Linux kernel uAPI headers
+M: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at redhat.com>
+F: devtools/linux-uapi.sh
+F: doc/guides/contributing/linux_uapi.rst
+F: kernel/linux/uapi/
+
Build System
M: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
F: Makefile
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David Marchand
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