netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: break include loop netdevice.h, dsa.h, devlink.h

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:04:30 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, sfrench@...ba.org,
        linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: break include loop netdevice.h, dsa.h,
 devlink.h

On 03/28/2017 02:45 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> There is an include loop between netdevice.h, dsa.h, devlink.h because
> of NETDEV_ALIGN, making it impossible to use devlink structures in
> dsa.h.
> 
> Break this loop by taking dsa.h out of netdevice.h, add a forward
> declaration of dsa_switch_tree and netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops()
> function, which is what netdevice.h requires.
> 
> No longer having dsa.h in netdevice.h means the includes in dsa.h no
> longer get included. This breaks a few other files which depend on
> these includes. Add these directly in the affected file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Woah, thanks for doing this!

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
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Florian