linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Break out types from <linux/list.h> to <linux/list

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Message-Id: <201007022243.13270.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:43:13 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Break out types from <linux/list.h> to <linux/list_types.h>.

On Friday 02 July 2010 21:19:11 Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Why a new header file instead of linux/types.h?

I think it mostly makes sense because a list_head by itself usually
isn't all that useful, you also want the list_add/list_for_each/...
macros, so you end up including linux/list.h anyway.

linux/list_types.h is really a special case which can get included
by other headers when they have a reason for doing that.

	Arnd
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