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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:43:56 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] romfs: have romfs_fs.h pull in necessary headers

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:40:16 -0500
Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 16:58, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:24:21 -0500 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> This header uses things like __be32, so pull in linux/types.h.
> >>
> >> Further, it uses BLOCK_SIZE, so pull in linux/fs.h.
> >>
> >> --- a/include/linux/romfs_fs.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/romfs_fs.h
> >> @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
> >> __#ifndef __LINUX_ROMFS_FS_H
> >> __#define __LINUX_ROMFS_FS_H
> >>
> >> +#include <linux/types.h>
> >> +#include <linux/fs.h>
> >> +
> >> __/* The basic structures of the romfs filesystem */
> >>
> >> __#define ROMBSIZE BLOCK_SIZE
> >
> > Better changelogs please.
> >
> > Does this fix any build error? __If so, is that build error present in
> > 2.6.36 or earlier?
> 
> headers should include the headers that define types/things that the
> header itself needs

I take that to mean "no" and "no", hence the fix is not needed in
2.6.37 and is not needed in -stable.

Thanks for being so helpful.
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