linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] ACPI: Add support to force header inclusion rules for <acpi/acpi.h>.

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Message-ID: <53CF319C.4070605@linaro.org>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:53:00 +0800
From:	Hanjun Guo <hanjun.guo@...aro.org>
To:	Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
CC:	Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] ACPI: Add support to force header inclusion rules
 for <acpi/acpi.h>.

Hi Lv,

On 2014-7-16 16:58, Lv Zheng wrote:
> As there is only CONFIG_ACPI=n processing in the <linux/acpi.h>, it is not
> safe to include <acpi/acpi.h> directly for source out of Linux ACPI
> subsystems.
> 
> This patch adds error messaging to warn developers of such wrong
> inclusions.

Thanks for doing this, it makes life much easier for people who want to
use ACPI but not so familiar with ACPI.

Best Regards
Hanjun

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