Re: [git-pull -tip] x86: include inverse Xmas tree patches

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> > Personally I'd prefer alphabetic order, sorting based on length 
> > isn't a complete ordering.  Nearly all editors can sort 
> > alphabetically at the push of a key.
> 
> I'd prefer if somebody would sit down and write a tool to analyse 
> the include hell instead of manually shuffling crap around to 
> avoid trivial merge conflicts. I have cleaned up enough stuff in 
> the x86 merger myself where I was able to cut the number of 
> includes at least in half just by staring at the gcc intermediate 
> files. We could do better and automate the analysis so we get down 
> to a handful of includes instead of including the world and more.

I do not disagree with include file cleanups (we've done many of 
them in this cycle and in previous cycles), but note that the 
reduction in include files at the top of .c files actually increases 
the chance of patch conflicts: when a new include file is added by 
two patches to the same .c file.

	Ingo