linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove <linux/genhd.h> from user-visible headers.

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Message-ID: <20080312171833.GI27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:18:33 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	matthew@....cx, dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove <linux/genhd.h> from user-visible headers.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 05:52:56PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> It was all wrapped in '#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK' anyway, so userspace was
> getting nothing useful out of it. And the special #ifndef __KERNEL__
> version of 'struct partition' makes me inclined to promote an attitude
> of violence...
> 
> Stick some comments on some of the #endifs too, while we're at it.

Right...  Actually, if that goes in... the next step is to take fs/partitions
to block and evict more than a half of genhd.h to block/blk.h and relevant
partition handlers.  I have a long-rotten patch for that, will resurrect...
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