linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] headers: remove fs.h from poll.h

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Message-ID: <20140817093348.GA25122@p183.telecom.by>
Date:	Sun, 17 Aug 2014 12:33:48 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] headers: remove fs.h from poll.h

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 06:41:35PM -0600, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Doors this actually help anything? fs.h tends to get included other ways
> anyway, and the double inclusion protection means that the compiler doesn't
> even spend extra time on it..
> 
> IOW, I'd like to see "this improves compile times by xyz" or some other
> explanation.

This particular patch doesn't change situation because it is so small and
removes only one header from one file.

I can send bigger patch removing fs.h from many possible places.

	Alexey
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