Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Don't use "proxy" headers

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Feb 14 2024 - 07:59:03 EST


On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:15:10AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 13. 02. 24, 20:38, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Update header inclusions to follow IWYU (Include What You Use)
> > principle.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good, but hard to tell if it is correct :P.
>
> I like this qt-creator feature: "this header is not directly used, remove?".
> Maybe we could extend it to the kernel somehow (as it uses clang to decide,
> I suppose). As was shown recently, removing the inclusion hell can decrease
> the build time significantly…

Yes, that's what Ingo's gigantic patch series targeted, but seems no-one is
interested enough to get it through. clang people also wanted to have a tool
like checkpatch for the inclusions or even like coccinelle to just fix the
code, but it's a project with no deadline or milestones AFAIK.

> Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko