linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] include/linux/printk.h is not self-contained

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 17:20:08 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] include/linux/printk.h is not self-contained

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 16:42, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 11:09 +0200, y@...l.of.borg wrote:

Sorry, that email address is a relic from typing one too many "y" responses
to git-send-email questions.

>> From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> <linux/printk.h> needs to include
>>   - <stdarg.h> for "va_list",
>>   - <linux/linkage.h> for "asmlinkage",
>>   - <linux/types.h> for "bool".
>
> I wonder if printk should be self-contained.
>
> If so, this patch should also add:
>
> #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
> #include <linux/ratelimit.h>

Hmm, it does compile without those, as long as you don't use
dynamic debug or ratelimit.

> If not, maybe add:
>
> #ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_H
> #error don't include <linux/printk.h> directly, use <linux/kernel.h>
> #endif

That's another possibility. We already have several users, though.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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