linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs: start to split up fs.h

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Message-ID: <aQtJRisTtkX-Jzen@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 04:55:34 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs: start to split up fs.h

On Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 03:46:31PM +0100, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Take first steps to split up fs.h. Add fs_super_types.h and fs_super.h
> headers that contain the types and functions associated with super
> blocks respectively.

We have this nice concept called directories for namespace prefixes.
Why not include/linux/fs/*.h for all these split out bits?