linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Remove unused struct device

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Message-ID: <20171205130446.GI11658@finisterre>
Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 13:04:46 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, fabio.estevam@....com, timur@...i.org,
        mail@...iej.szmigiero.name, caleb@...me.org, lgirdwood@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] ASoC: fsl_ssi: Remove unused struct device

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:46:34PM -0800, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> struct device is defined in system level header files any way.
> As long as fsl_ssi.h is included after those header files, it
> should be safe to remove this line.

It's better practice to either directly include those headers or have a
forward declaration like this, it means there's no way things can go
wrong.

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