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

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Tue Jan 4 05:44:31 PST 2022


On Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:14:28 +0000,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com> 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 at linux.intel.com> 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?

Thanks,

	M.

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