linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] include linux/fs.h in linux/cdev.h for struct inode

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:12:09 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Noah Watkins <nwatkins@...c.ku.edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] include linux/fs.h in linux/cdev.h for struct inode

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:54:07 -0600 Noah Watkins wrote:

> ---
>  include/linux/cdev.h |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/cdev.h b/include/linux/cdev.h
> index f309b00..b53e2a0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cdev.h
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kobject.h>
>  #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
>  #include <linux/list.h>
> +#include <linux/fs.h>
>  
>  struct cdev {
>  	struct kobject kobj;
> -- 

You can just do this forward declaration instead:

struct inode;

since no struct members are used/needed.

This cuts down on #include spider webs & nests.

---
~Randy
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