Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] KVM: arm64: vgic: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Jan 04 2022 - 08:47:10 EST


On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:44:31PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:14:28 +0000,
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 08:25:43PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 06:09:22PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:55:52 +0000,
> > > > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > When kernel.h is used in the headers it adds a lot into dependency hell,
> > > > > especially when there are circular dependencies are involved.
> > > >
> > > > Which circular dependencies? What problem are you solving?
> > >
> > > In particular moving bitmap_*alloc() APIs to the headers.
> > >
> > > But this may be a side effect of what I realized during the attempts
> > > of solving that issue. In any case there is no need to take entire
> > > mess of kernel.h in another header.
> >
> > For the record `make headerdep` doesn't make any difference with
> > or without this patch. But I consider it's better not to use kernel.h
> > in the headers due to a full mess behind it.
>
> Can you then please write a commit message that matches what this is
> actually doing instead of mentioning a problem that doesn't seem to
> exist?

Sure, thanks for review!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko