linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/10] Driver core: Add iommu_ops to bus

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Message-ID: <20110913162126.GA6184@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:21:26 +0200
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>
Cc:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] Driver core: Add iommu_ops to bus_type

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 05:38:11PM +0200, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 10:58:55AM -0400, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 04:54:02PM +0200, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
> > > --- a/include/linux/device.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> > > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> > >  #include <linux/types.h>
> > >  #include <linux/module.h>
> > >  #include <linux/pm.h>
> > > +#include <linux/iommu.h>
> > 
> > Ick, please don't add new #includes to device.h, it makes the whole
> > build slower.  Just pre-declare the structure and all should be fine.
> 
> Hmm, since linux/iommu.h provides 'struct iommu_ops', and this patch
> adds a 'struct iommu_ops' to 'struct bus_type', wouldn't a simple
> forward declaration make the bus_type incomplete in most other places?

No, just like it doesn't make iommu.h incomplete as you used a struct
bus_type there.

> To lower the impact I can move the 'struct iommu_ops' to a seperate
> header file instead.

No, that should not be necessary.

greg k-h
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