netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] security: bpf: replace include of linux/bpf.h with forward declarations

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Date:   Wed, 01 Nov 2017 21:28:57 +0100
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:     oss-drivers@...ronome.com, alexei.starovoitov@...il.com,
        Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] security: bpf: replace include of linux/bpf.h
 with forward declarations

On 11/01/2017 07:48 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Touching linux/bpf.h makes us rebuild a surprisingly large
> portion of the kernel.  Remove the unnecessary dependency
> from security.h, it only needs forward declarations.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>