linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] QUOTA: Have <linux/quota.h> include <linux/rwsem.h> explicitly.

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Date:	Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:47:34 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] QUOTA: Have <linux/quota.h> include <linux/rwsem.h> explicitly.

On Sun 04-02-07 10:46:33, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   Since quota.h declares a R/W semaphore, it should include rwsem.h
> explicitly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...dspring.com>
  Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

> ---
> 
>   No, this doesn't fix an *existing* problem, but it's necessary for
> an upcoming patch which will remove all includes of <linux/rwsem.h>
> from all the semaphore.h files.
> 
>   As I read it, since R/W semaphores have their own header file,
> there's no rationale for the regular semaphore header files to have
> that include statement, so any header file that's been happily picking
> up the rwsem header file by accident (via semaphore.h) should be fixed
> this way.
> 
>   quota.h appears to be the only file that has this issue building on
> x86 with "make allyesconfig".
> 
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/quota.h b/include/linux/quota.h
> index b8fbf26..77db80a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/quota.h
> +++ b/include/linux/quota.h
> @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct if_dqinfo {
> 
>  #ifdef __KERNEL__
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/rwsem.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> 
>  #include <linux/dqblk_xfs.h>
> 
> -- 
> ========================================================================
> Robert P. J. Day
> Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
> Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
> 
> http://www.fsdev.dreamhosters.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
> ========================================================================

										Honza

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SuSE CR Labs
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