linux-kernel - Re: dealing with excessive includes

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0610221956380.29899@pademelon.sonytel.be>
Date:	Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:58:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dealing with excessive includes

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Yes, we have lots of header include indirection going on.
> I don't know of a good tool to detect/fix it.

BTW, what about making sure all header files are self-contained (i.e. all
header files include all stuff they need)? This would make it easier for the
users to know which files to include.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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