Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] kernel.h: handle pointers to arrays better in container_of()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed May 24 2017 - 14:59:24 EST


On Wed, 24 May 2017 11:46:17 +0100 Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This breakage occurs when <asm-generic/bug.h> is included before
> <include/linux.h> due to a circular dependancy I introduced with this
> commit.
>
> It can be fixed by replacing the `#include <linux/kernel.h>` with
> `#include <linux/types.h>` in "include/asm-generic/bug.h". I can send a
> patch to fix that, but ideally, it should be committed before this
> commit to avoid breakage during git bisect builds. So my question is,
> should I send a single patch to fix this breakage, or resend the series
> of patches to incorporate this fix before the current commit?

I expect a full resend would be best - that way the test robot should
be able to parse and retest it in the usual fashion.