linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] ACPI: Clean up inclusions of ACPI header files

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Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:31:42 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] ACPI: Clean up inclusions of ACPI header files

On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 04:51:52PM +0800, Lv Zheng wrote:
> Replace direct inclusions of <acpi/acpi.h>, <acpi/acpi_bus.h> and
> <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>, which are incorrect, with <linux/acpi.h>
> inclusions and remove some inclusions of those files that aren't
> necessary.
> 
> First of all, <acpi/acpi.h>, <acpi/acpi_bus.h> and <acpi/acpi_drivers.h>
> should not be included directly from any files that are built for
> CONFIG_ACPI unset, because that generally leads to build warnings about
> undefined symbols in !CONFIG_ACPI builds.  For CONFIG_ACPI set,
> <linux/acpi.h> includes those files and for CONFIG_ACPI unset it
> provides stub ACPI symbols to be used in that case.
> 
> Second, there are ordering dependencies between those files that always
> have to be met.  Namely, it is required that <acpi/acpi_bus.h> be included
> prior to <acpi/acpi_drivers.h> so that the acpi_pci_root declarations the
> latter depends on are always there.  And <acpi/acpi.h> which provides
> basic ACPICA type declarations should always be included prior to any other
> ACPI headers in CONFIG_ACPI builds.  That also is taken care of including
> <linux/acpi.h> as appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> (drivers/pci stuff)
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

.. for the Xen stuff with the assertion that you did build with the
right CONFIG_XEN...=y parameters).

Thank you!
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