linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: forward declare structs in kvm

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:46:58 +0200
From:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: forward declare structs in kvm_types.h

2014-08-29 14:01+0200, Paolo Bonzini:
> Opaque KVM structs are useful for prototypes in asm/kvm_host.h, to avoid
> "'struct foo' declared inside parameter list" warnings (and consequent
> breakage due to conflicting types).
> 
> Move them from individual files to a generic place in linux/kvm_types.h.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>

(Inclusion of <linux/types.h> seems to be piggybacking, but is a nice
 thing to do :)

And I'd apply these changes:  (Definitely the first hunk.)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 33d8d0a..e098dce 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ static inline bool is_error_page(struct page *page)
 #define KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID		0
 #define KVM_IRQFD_RESAMPLE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID	1
 
-struct kvm;
-struct kvm_vcpu;
 extern struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
 
 extern spinlock_t kvm_lock;
@@ -325,8 +323,6 @@ struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry {
 	struct hlist_node link;
 };
 
-struct kvm_irq_routing_table;
-
 #ifndef KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS
 #define KVM_PRIVATE_MEM_SLOTS 0
 #endif
@@ -1036,8 +1032,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_check_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 extern bool kvm_rebooting;
 
-struct kvm_device_ops;
-
 struct kvm_device {
 	struct kvm_device_ops *ops;
 	struct kvm *kvm;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index 1d6daca..53c4f20 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 struct kvm;
 struct kvm_async_pf;
+struct kvm_device_ops;
 struct kvm_interrupt;
+struct kvm_irq_routing_table;
 struct kvm_memory_slot;
 struct kvm_one_reg;
 struct kvm_run;
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