linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Don't use "proxy" headers

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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:58:48 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Rengarajan S <rengarajan.s@...rochip.com>,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com>,
	Tharun Kumar P <tharunkumar.pasumarthi@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: Don't use "proxy" headers

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:15:10AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 13. 02. 24, 20:38, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Update header inclusions to follow IWYU (Include What You Use)
> > principle.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Looks good, but hard to tell if it is correct :P.
> 
> I like this qt-creator feature: "this header is not directly used, remove?".
> Maybe we could extend it to the kernel somehow (as it uses clang to decide,
> I suppose). As was shown recently, removing the inclusion hell can decrease
> the build time significantly…

Yes, that's what Ingo's gigantic patch series targeted, but seems no-one is
interested enough to get it through. clang people also wanted to have a tool
like checkpatch for the inclusions or even like coccinelle to just fix the
code, but it's a project with no deadline or milestones AFAIK.

> Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>

Thank you!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko