From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.zytor.com (terminus.zytor.com [198.137.202.136]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 472071DC1AB; Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.136 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763493590; cv=none; b=uhzWBq8hwBqHL2Sseca6s8WFkwzsJdKkTIBqnHQYiFRpWdHqMjc3U8wYouBrSkj+9U6kfoNd3zAEos1QaeJ2TmXV2oNQqGbXU9APO3g71bAmdoizdCKW92jtkXOllpHZGcOHijdbwOHaIQRCEi3tiqRGUc6xpxVjVDc0BB+ThCg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763493590; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gCZktxy3EsfeQuR2eEEkB8NKqvMxyH0K+F5rR3aPI+k=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=bsc7Bb3Trwdx7qzZ5shl+pPHkuTVkiM5EBxWf+dAm3K3CT4TkmqdyWTJKRCG23B/QByz2Ic8yt8M0rzlFbLcSj28II6uEHzryjygLekoFXCxSIiICmqs8KEEn9HBtgL8YW1znoT5mQbgASyyfwrNJUWMtxZJ+JCmsnRErM0qNQ8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zytor.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=zytor.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=zytor.com header.i=@zytor.com header.b=YyyFoxxt; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.137.202.136 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=zytor.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=zytor.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=zytor.com header.i=@zytor.com header.b="YyyFoxxt" Received: from [IPV6:2601:646:8081:9484:7ccc:663a:75c9:3b5f] ([IPv6:2601:646:8081:9484:7ccc:663a:75c9:3b5f]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.zytor.com (8.18.1/8.17.1) with ESMTPSA id 5AIJJYxJ994659 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:19:37 -0800 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 mail.zytor.com 5AIJJYxJ994659 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zytor.com; s=2025102301; t=1763493581; bh=BM9yZnRoOGYl9ZscXhY5n8YUXuAIVccxB0k3vLMEQZ4=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=YyyFoxxt7P3pKmG4lbCN952E4491MIZ6Atbfkxf7n5jwziNcYrhS+B+KExkVRWvfT 4e/4jo194VKhj/ppu9ADnY5fybYS0x/osWqh2rvZ3jlY14HtFAIJ8FK++EwV9fgkK4 0eDd1UxrzZOxYIU9NEtpehL6fnHRRJZBOKua9Kmeui5jWJoeA8hXnyNAilNmTUA525 c2x4SP+G3GlQXKvwWLvmBkI9lHw856pEnX94aoof8caMS7WHCRchLjsGbdlz+ErAew BvS4IlaqR/uNRGDVIiGLxY3WbTz9BP4SkJXiFsYJM/k70JS+wv2hDlDG94/0n6PD2k H1L06k2jzg91g== Message-ID: <00a4e7b8-f292-440a-9c08-df802fd52d81@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:19:29 -0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Clarifying confusion of our variable placement rules caused by cleanup.h To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Bart Van Assche , James Bottomley , ksummit@lists.linux.dev, Dan Williams , linux-kernel , Dan Carpenter References: <58fd478f408a34b578ee8d949c5c4b4da4d4f41d.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Content-Language: en-US, sv-SE From: "H. Peter Anvin" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2025-11-18 11:16, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 at 11:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> Do you want me to send you the patchset during the merge window? > > Sure. I don't think it's a high priority, but I do think it's an > improvement and allows people to write clearer code. > > I assume all the conversions got acked? > I think so, and most importantly, the only one which wasn't mechanical (at the maintainer's request.) However, as long as the actual definition patch gets in there any subsequent conversions can also go through maintainer trees if they prefer. -hpa