linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] headerdep: a tool for detecting inclusion cycles in header file

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Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:00:30 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headerdep: a tool for detecting inclusion cycles in
	header file

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 03:45:54PM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> Maybe something like this could be useful for cleaning up headers (and
> maintaining that cleanliness once it has been achieved). What do you think?
> 
> (One thing which might or might not be good is that 'make headerdep' will
>  also compile using CC if they're not already compiled. If this should be
>  fixed, I think you'd know how to do it.)

This way you only catch problems in the current kernel configuration.

The only problems are under include/, and you should be able to do this 
by parsing all headers and without hooking into the build system.

> Vegard
>...

cu
Adrian

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