linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] audit: remove some duplicated includes

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Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:03:39 +0800
From:   Frank Lee <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     eparis@...hat.com, linux-audit@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: remove some duplicated includes

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 7:36 AM Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 9:51 AM Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > audit.h and skbuff.h are included twice.It's unnecessary.
> > hence just remove them.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/audit.c | 3 ---
> >  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> While there are two header files named audit.h, they are different
> files as one lives in include/linux/audit.h, the other in
> kernel/audit.h.  Granted, kernel/audit.h does include the
> include/linux/audit.h file but it should be protected from multiple
> inclusion by the _LINUX_AUDIT_H_ definition.
>
> I currently prefer to keep both <linux/audit.h> and "audit.h" in
> audit.c to help make the dependencies explicit in audit.c itself.
Hi Paul:

How about fs.h and others?

MBR,
Yangtao
>
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index 2a8058764aa6..a677715891d0 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -62,11 +62,8 @@
> >  #include <linux/pid.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >
> > -#include <linux/audit.h>
> > -
> >  #include <net/sock.h>
> >  #include <net/netlink.h>
> > -#include <linux/skbuff.h>
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> >  #include <linux/security.h>
> >  #endif
> > --
> > 2.17.0
>
> --
> paul moore
> www.paul-moore.com