Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] usb: xhci: Remove unwanted header inclusion

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 03:58:26PM +0530, Sandeep Maheswaram wrote:
> Remove the header file and forward declare struct usb_hcd.

Why?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Maheswaram <quic_c_sanm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/usb/xhci-plat.h | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/usb/xhci-plat.h b/include/linux/usb/xhci-plat.h
> index 906e907..576e400 100644
> --- a/include/linux/usb/xhci-plat.h
> +++ b/include/linux/usb/xhci-plat.h
> @@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
>  #define _XHCI_PLAT_H
>  
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> -#include <linux/usb/hcd.h>
> +
> +struct usb_hcd;
>  
>  struct xhci_plat_priv {
>  	const char *firmware_name;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Where did this come from?  Is this fixing a build breakage from a
previous patch?  If not, why is this needed?

confused,

greg k-h