# Re: \[PATCH v1 1/1\] kernel.h: Split out panic and oops helpers

- From: Luis Chamberlain \<mcgrof@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-04-06 16:51:13 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/04/203339
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/04/203291/t.md

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On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 04:31:58PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/panic_notifier.h b/include/linux/panic_notifier.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..41e32483d7a7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linux/panic_notifier.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _LINUX_PANIC_NOTIFIERS_H
> +#define _LINUX_PANIC_NOTIFIERS_H
> +
> +#include <linux/notifier.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +extern struct atomic_notifier_head panic_notifier_list;
> +
> +extern bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
> +
> +#endif	/* _LINUX_PANIC_NOTIFIERS_H */

Why is it worth it to add another file just for this? Seems like a very
small file.

  Luis
```