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| author | Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> | 2022-01-19 18:08:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-01-20 08:52:53 +0200 |
| commit | 40cbf09f060c8febef64541c463d4dd526abe445 (patch) | |
| tree | ae00b11620b5be37aee0e82858d5ebafc3d6bcd1 /include/linux/kernel.h | |
| parent | 22c033989c3eb9731ad0c497dfab4231b8e367d6 (diff) | |
kernel.h: include a note to discourage people from including it in headers
Include a note at the top to discourage people from including it in
headers.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211209150803.4473-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kernel.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 77755ac3e189..36a612d82956 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -1,4 +1,13 @@ /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ +/* + * NOTE: + * + * This header has combined a lot of unrelated to each other stuff. + * The process of splitting its content is in progress while keeping + * backward compatibility. That's why it's highly recommended NOT to + * include this header inside another header file, especially under + * generic or architectural include/ directory. + */ #ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_H #define _LINUX_KERNEL_H |