Re: [PATCH 06/12] arch: Declare screen_info in <asm/screen_info.h>

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Hi

Am 29.06.23 um 15:03 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
On Thu, Jun 29, 2023, at 13:45, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/screen_info.h
b/include/asm-generic/screen_info.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6fd0e50fabfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/screen_info.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_SCREEN_INFO_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_SCREEN_INFO_H
+
+#include <uapi/linux/screen_info.h>
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SCREEN_INFO)
+extern struct screen_info screen_info;
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SCREEN_INFO_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/screen_info.h b/include/linux/screen_info.h
index eab7081392d50..c764b9a51c24b 100644
--- a/include/linux/screen_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/screen_info.h
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@

  #include <uapi/linux/screen_info.h>

-extern struct screen_info screen_info;
+#include <asm/screen_info.h>


What is the purpose of adding a file in asm-generic? If all
architectures use the same generic file, I'd just leave the
declaration in include/linux/. I wouldn't bother adding the

That appears a bit 'un-clean' for something that is defined in architecture? But OK, I would not object.

#ifdef either, but I can see how that helps turn a link
error into an earlier compile error.

Yes, that's intentional. If there's a Kconfig token anyway, we can also fail early during the build.

Best regards
Thomas


       Arnd

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