linux-kernel - Re: whose job is it to include various header files?

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0803140227100.14822@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:36:45 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: whose job is it to include various header files?


On Mar 14 2008 00:53, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>I agree with you completely. A file should explicitly include headers
>for the stuff it uses and not rely on implicit includes done
>elsewhere. Cleaning that up is going to touch a lot of files though
>for no real short term gain (there is a long term gain of
>maintainability though), so it's going to be a loveless job :(

But straightforward. You nuke the complete #include list of a .h/.c
file and "rebuild" it by hand, by looking at the code the .h/.c file
provides/uses and selecting appropriate #includes.
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