netdev - [PATCH 09/12] netfilter: use forward declaration instead of including linux/proc

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jun 2015 19:17:46 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/12] netfilter: use forward declaration instead of including linux/proc_fs.h

We don't need to pull the full definitions in that file, a simple forward
declaration is enough.

Moreover, include linux/procfs.h from nf_synproxy_core, otherwise this hits a
compilation error due to missing declarations, ie.

net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c: In function ‘synproxy_proc_init’:
net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:326:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘proc_create’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  if (!proc_create("synproxy", S_IRUGO, net->proc_net_stat,
  ^

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---
 include/net/netns/netfilter.h    |    2 +-
 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c |    1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
index 8874002..cf25b5e 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/netfilter.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __NETNS_NETFILTER_H
 #define __NETNS_NETFILTER_H
 
-#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter.h>
 
+struct proc_dir_entry;
 struct nf_logger;
 
 struct netns_nf {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
index 52e20c9..789feea 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_tables.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>
-- 
1.7.10.4

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