netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-net] i40e: Include types.h to some headers

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:00:30 -0800
From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
CC: <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, <ivecera@...hat.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Martin Zaharinov <micron10@...il.com>, "Jesse
 Brandeburg" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net] i40e: Include types.h to some headers



On 1/11/2024 5:11 AM, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 04:39:25PM -0800, Tony Nguyen wrote:
>> Commit 56df345917c0 ("i40e: Remove circular header dependencies and fix
>> headers") redistributed a number of includes from one large header file
>> to the locations they were needed. In some environments, types.h is not
>> included and causing compile issues. The driver should not rely on
>> implicit inclusion from other locations; explicitly include it to these
>> files.
>>
>> Snippet of issue. Entire log can be seen through the Closes: link.
>>
>> In file included from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.h:7,
>>                   from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.c:4:
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq_cmd.h:33:9: error: unknown type name '__le16'
>>     33 |         __le16 flags;
>>        |         ^~~~~~
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq_cmd.h:34:9: error: unknown type name '__le16'
>>     34 |         __le16 opcode;
>>        |         ^~~~~~
>> ...
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.h:22:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
>>     22 |         u32 elements;   /* number of elements if array */
>>        |         ^~~
>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_diag.h:23:9: error: unknown type name 'u32'
>>     23 |         u32 stride;     /* bytes between each element */
>>
>> Reported-by: Martin Zaharinov <micron10@...il.com>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/21BBD62A-F874-4E42-B347-93087EEA8126@gmail.com/
>> Fixes: 56df345917c0 ("i40e: Remove circular header dependencies and fix headers")
>> Reviewed-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> I agree this is a good change to make.
> But I am curious to know if you were able to reproduce
> the problem reported at the link above.
> Or perhaps more to the point, do you have a config that breaks
> without this patch?

Hi Simon,

Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce the problem. Since it was 
fairly straightforward on what was happening, I made the patch and 
Martin confirmed it resolved his issue.

Thanks,
Tony