linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] crypto: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

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Date:   Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:14:38 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] crypto: Replace kernel.h with the necessary inclusions

On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 16:05, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 04:30:09PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > When kernel.h is used in the headers it adds a lot into dependency hell,
> > especially when there are circular dependencies are involved.
> >
> > Replace kernel.h inclusion with the list of what is really being used.
>
> Any comments on this?
>

I am not crazy about the need for forward declarations of struct
scatterlist and struct device. Other than that, I think this is an
improvement