netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] net: don't include filter.h from net/sock.h

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jan 2022 17:42:34 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>, ast@...nel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, bpf@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-decnet-user@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        coreteam@...filter.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2] net: don't include filter.h from net/sock.h

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 09:20:12AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:33:39 -0800 Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > It would be nice if we used the number of files rebuilt because of a 
> > header file change as another metric that the kernel is evaluated with 
> > from release to release (or even on a commit by commit basis). Food for 
> > thought.
> 
> Maybe Andy has some thoughts, he has been working on dropping
> unnecessary includes of kernel.h, it seems.

With this [1] announcement I believe Ingo is the best to tell you if this is a
right direction.

> It'd be cool to plug something that'd warn us about significant
> increases in dependencies into the patchwork build bot.
> 
> I have one more small series which un-includes uapi/bpf.h from
> netdevice.h at which point I hope we'll be largely in the clear 
> from build bot performance perspective.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YdIfz+LMewetSaEB@gmail.com/T/#u

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko