linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] headerdep: a tool for detecting inclusion cycles in header file

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Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:38:08 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headerdep: a tool for detecting inclusion cycles in
	header file

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:17:14AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:45:54PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> > Maybe something like this could be useful for cleaning up headers (and
> > maintaining that cleanliness once it has been achieved). What do you think?
> > 
> > Subject: [PATCH] headerdep: a tool for detecting inclusion cycles in header files
> 
> Do we actually have inclusion cycles in header files?
>...

Yes, e.g. between include/linux/vmstat.h and include/linux/mm.h that 
directly #include each other.

cu
Adrian

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