netdev - Re: [PATCH -next 0/3] netfilter: header cleanup

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Message-ID: <20190430113905.bfyeijal7usqd5b6@salvia>
Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:39:05 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 0/3] netfilter: header cleanup

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 04:43:13PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> Having core header files in include/linux that in turn include other
> headers with a high number of includes implicitly degenerates into
> a formalism that hides what amounts to #include <linux/everything.h>
> 
> Some headers, like module.h and device.h are good examples that will
> essentially drag in almost everything.
> 
> There is nothing module specific about netfilter, but before we try
> and stop nf_tables.h from including module.h, we have to fix two
> instances of code which are implicitly relying on that module.h
> inclusion, so as to not introduce build regressions.

Series applied.