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tools headers UAPI: Update tools's copy of fscrypt.h header
authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:56:37 +0000 (14:56 -0800)
committerNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:57:46 +0000 (10:57 -0800)
commit111844666672347747585e24d6cebda640bd1284
treef291e1571d523b173f9c683f4d1c118b694d32c6
parent1041dfe6109fcb24e9a3d5d4ca9218e64dc0ed29
tools headers UAPI: Update tools's copy of fscrypt.h header

tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

Full explanation:

There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
adopted the current model.

The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
including them to compile something.

There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
may use some different #define pattern, etc.

E.g.:

  $ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
  tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
  $
  $ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
  static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
        [0] = "NORMAL",
        [1] = "RANDOM",
        [2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
        [3] = "WILLNEED",
        [4] = "DONTNEED",
        [5] = "NOREUSE",
  };
  $

The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
process, points out changes in the original files.

So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.

Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231121225650.390246-2-namhyung@kernel.org
tools/include/uapi/linux/fscrypt.h