linux-kernel - how to handle tracing .h loops

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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:51:47 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: how to handle tracing .h loops

Hi,

I'm working on a patch which needs to add a #include <linux/highmem.h>
to <linux/skbuff.h>. This is causing a bunch of fallout in the trace
headers which I can't figure out the right solution to. Simplifying the
patch to just:

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 7b996ed..3f5ee74 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/dmaengine.h>
 #include <linux/hrtimer.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
 
 /* Don't change this without changing skb_csum_unnecessary! */
 #define CHECKSUM_NONE 0

reproduces on an i386 defconfig (v3.1-rc2). (actually just including
interrupt.h is sufficient too).

The spew is:

In file included from include/trace/ftrace.h:296:0,
                 from include/trace/define_trace.h:96,
                 from include/trace/events/irq.h:150,
                 from include/linux/interrupt.h:23,
                 from arch/x86/include/asm/highmem.h:23,
                 from include/linux/highmem.h:33,
                 from include/linux/skbuff.h:32,
                 from kernel/audit.h:24,
                 from kernel/signal.c:38:
include/trace/events/irq.h: In function 'ftrace_raw_output_softirq':
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'HI_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'TIMER_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'NET_TX_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'NET_RX_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'BLOCK_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'TASKLET_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'SCHED_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)
include/trace/events/irq.h:87:1: error: 'RCU_SOFTIRQ' undeclared (first use in this function)

There are more following that but I suspect they are just secondary
fallout so I've omitted them in the interests of brevity. Full log is
attached.

The reason I can't see a solution is that it seems to be that
trace/events/irq.h in included in linux/interrupt.h before the
definition of the enum with all those values in it.

I looked in tip.git#perf/core (and master) but I can't see anything
which relates to this issue.

Clearly other places are including interrupt.h and highmem.h without
issue so what am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,
Ian.

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