linux-kernel - Re: [patch] linux/preempt.h needs linux/thread

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Date:	Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:27:02 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Horms <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] linux/preempt.h needs linux/thread_info.h

On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 05:17:02PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> It seems that linux/preempt.h needs to include linux/thread_info.h
> in order to access current_thread_info(), which is used in
> preempt_count().
> 
> I guess that all callers of preempt_count() must include
> both linux/thread_info.h and linux/preempt.h directly or indirectly,
> as this does not cause a compile error. I noticed the problem while
> working on an unrelated issue in xen-land.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/preempt.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/preempt.h	2006-12-27 16:58:46.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/preempt.h	2006-12-27 17:13:12.000000000 +0900
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/thread_info.h>
>  #include <linux/linkage.h>
> +#include <linux/thread_info.h>

Huh?  It's just been included two lines above...
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