Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] hwmon: da9063: HWMON driver

[Randy Dunlap]

On 7/10/21 9:44 PM, Vincent Pelletier wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 02:55:02 +0000, Vincent Pelletier <plr.vincent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:08:13 -0700, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Unnecessary include.
> > [...]
> > > I don't immediately see where this include is needed. Is this a
> > > leftover ?
> > [...]
> > > Same here.
> >
> > Are there ways to systematically tell which includes are useless
> > besides commenting them out all and uncommenting until it compiles ?
> > (if that is even a good idea)
>
> I tried this, just to get a baseline: the module compiles with just
>    linux/hwmon.h
>    linux/mfd/da9063/core.h
>    linux/module.h
>    linux/platform_device.h
>    linux/regmap.h
>
> Beyond what you suggested this also gets rid of:
> - seems reasonable:
>    - linux/delay.h
>    - linux/init.h
>    - linux/slab.h
> - looks suspicious to me:
>    - linux/err.h, which means the error constants are indirectly
>      imported. Removing it feels brittle.
>    - linux/kernel.h, although to my surprise a lot of c files do not
>      include it.
>
> By default I'll drop the former and keep the latter in the
> next version, please let me know if another combination is preferred.

Hi,

Please use Rule #1 from Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst:

1) If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares
   that facility.  Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones
   that you use.


so if Enumbers (error numbers) are used, then #include the header file
for that.

etc.

thanks.

--
~Randy