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

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Message-Id: <20220603101527.39a069809dd8c0b72920fca4@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 3 Jun 2022 10:15:27 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] rbtree: Replace kernel.h with the necessary
 inclusions

On Fri,  3 Jun 2022 20:10:12 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> 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.

There are surely thousands of files we could do this with.  Is this the
start of a lifelong project, or is there something special about
rbtree.h?