linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] forbid asm/bitops.h direct inclusion

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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:28:38 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	rth@...ddle.net, hskinnemoen@...el.com,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org, dev-etrax@...s.com,
	dhowells@...hat.com, discuss@...-64.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	parisc-linux@...isc-linux.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	chris@...kel.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] forbid asm/bitops.h direct inclusion

On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 09:00:48PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> forbid asm/bitops.h direct inclusion
> 
> Because of compile errors that may occur after bit changes if asm/bitops.h is
> included directly without e.g. linux/kernel.h which includes linux/bitops.h, forbid
> direct inclusion of asm/bitops.h. Thanks to Adrian Bunk.

This is the kind of thing that checkpatch.pl is already checking for and
I like that idea much more than adding thousands of checks over many of
the header files under asm.

  Ralf
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